팬팬하다

Korean

Etymology

Either dialectal form of 판판하다 (panpanhada), or Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 평평(平平)하다 (pyeongpyeonghada, “to be flat”)..

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰɛnpʰɛnɦa̠da̠] ~ [pʰe̞npʰe̞nɦa̠da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [팬팬하다/펜펜하다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	paenpaenhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	paenpaenhada
McCune–Reischauer?	p'aenp'aenhada
Yale Romanization?	phaynphayn.hata

Adjective

팬팬하다 • (paenpaenhada) (infinitive 팬팬해 or 팬팬하여, sequential 팬팬하니)

1. (Gangwon, apparently also eastern Seoul) to be flat, even
   • 2011 January 17, 엄금학 [eomgeumhak], “부용산 부인당의 유래 [buyongsan bu'indang'ui yurae]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 경기도 광주시 남종면 [gyeonggido gwangjusi namjongmyeon]:

     저 건너 강 건너 산 이렇게 팬팬한데... 거까지 난 가 봤어.

     Jeo geonneo gang geonneo san ireoke paenpaenhande... Geo-kkaji nan ga bwasseo.

     If you cross the river then there's a flat area on the mountain... that's where I've been up to.