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슬쩍

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Korean

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Etymology

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Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seuljjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seuljjeog
McCune–Reischauer?sŭltchŏk
Yale Romanization?sulccek

Adverb

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Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 슬쩍 (seuljjeok)
Yang-form 살짝 (saljjak)

슬쩍 (seuljjeok)

  1. somewhat subtly; somewhat slightly
  2. discreetly; furtively (often in a cunning or negative way)
  3. lazily, carelessly
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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)