뻔쩍

Korean

Etymology

Intensive form of 번쩍 (beonjjeok).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [p͈ʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [뻔쩍]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ppeonjjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ppeon'jjeog
McCune–Reischauer?	ppŏntchŏk
Yale Romanization?	ppen.ccek

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeok)
Yang-form	빤짝 (ppanjjak)

Consonant set

Plain	번쩍 (beonjjeok)
Intensive	뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeok)

뻔쩍 • (ppeonjjeok)

1. (of a strong light) with quite a blast, with quite a flash, with quite a glitter

   번개가 뻔쩍거린다.

   beon'gae-ga ppeonjjeokgeorinda.

   The lightnings are flashing strongly.

2. (figurative, for a person) with a moment of quite great and sudden clarity
3. (figurative) extremely suddenly; extremely quickly
4. while appearing quite clearly in one's mind
5. while lifting up a very large, heavy thing; (of a very large thing) while being lifted

Derived terms

• 뻔쩍뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok)