Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jekkeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?je'kkeog
McCune–Reischauer?chekkŏk
Yale Romanization?cey.kkek

Ideophone edit

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 제꺽 (jekkeok)
Yang-form 재깍 (jaekkak)
Consonant set
Plain 제꺽 (jekkeok)
Intensive 쩨꺽 (jjekkeok)

제꺽 (jekkeok)

  1. (onomatopoeia)
    1. Conveys a clunky clicking noise (e.g. ticking of a clock)
    2. (of large solid objects) cracking or lightly bumping into each other
  2. Short for 제꺼덕 (jekkeodeok, quickly, at once, with dispatch (especially done in a single move)).

Derived terms edit