살살

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠ɭsʰa̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [살살]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	salsal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	salsal
McCune–Reischauer?	salsal
Yale Romanization?	sal.sal

Etymology 1

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	설설 (seolseol)
Yang-form	살살 (salsal)

살살 • (salsal)

1. (of a liquid) while boiling slowly
2. (of insects) while crawling lightly
3. (of a person) while moving cautiously
4. (of a person) while moving to and fro, especially in an agitated manner
5. (of a headshake) lightly

Derived terms

• 쌀쌀 (ssalssal)

Etymology 2

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	슬슬 (seulseul)
Yang-form	살살 (salsal)

살살 • (salsal)

1. subtly; gently; carefully

   의사 아저씨, 살살 해주세요.

   uisa ajeossi, salsal haejuseyo.

   Mr. Doctor, please be gentle.

2. (of snow, etc) while slowly melting
3. while touching or rubbing softly
4. (of wind) while blowing in a soft breeze
5. quite easily; leisurely

Related terms

Sound-symbolic terms derived from 살/슬 (sal/seul-, "lightly, subtly")
Yang-vowel form	Yin-vowel form
살살 (salsal)	슬슬 (seulseul)
살근살근 (salgeunsalgeun)	슬근슬근 (seulgeunseulgeun)
살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum)	슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum)
살며시 (salmyeosi) 살몃살몃 (salmyeotsalmyeot)	슬며시 (seulmyeosi) 슬몃슬몃 (seulmyeotseulmyeot)
살포시 (salposi)	살푸시 (salpusi)
살짝 (saljjak) 살짝살짝 (saljjaksaljjak)	슬쩍 (seuljjeok) 슬쩍슬쩍 (seuljjeokseuljjeok)
사르르 (sareureu)	스르르 (seureureu)

Etymology 3

Ideophone

살살 • (salsal)

1. (of the stomach) while beginning to ache slightly

Derived terms

• 쌀쌀 (ssalssal)