뻔쩍뻔쩍

Korean

Etymology

A reduplication of 뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeok).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [p͈ʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚p͈ʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [뻔쩍뻔쩍]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ppeon'jjeogppeon'jjeog
McCune–Reischauer?	ppŏntchŏkppŏntchŏk
Yale Romanization?	ppen.ccekppen.ccek

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	뻔쩍뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok)
Yang-form	빤짝빤짝 (ppanjjakppanjjak)

Consonant set

Plain	번쩍번쩍 (beonjjeokbeonjjeok)
Intensive	뻔쩍뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok)

뻔쩍뻔쩍 • (ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok)

1. (of a strong light) with repeated considerable blasts, with repeated considerable flashes, with repeated considerable glitters

   번개가 뻔쩍뻔쩍거린다.

   beon'gae-ga ppeonjjeokppeonjjeokgeorinda.

   The lightnings are flashing strongly on and on.

2. (figurative, for a person) with repeated moments of quite great and sudden clarity
3. (for an action) to repeatedly occur with extremely suddenness
4. while repeatedly appearing quite clearly in one's mind
5. while repeatedly lifting up a very large, heavy thing; (of a very large thing) while being repeatedly lifted