Korean edit

Etymology edit

Related to 허둥대다 (heodungdaeda, to hurry confusedly).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hadongjidong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hadongjidong
McCune–Reischauer?hadongjidong
Yale Romanization?hatongcitong

Ideophone edit

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 허둥지둥 (heodungjidung)
Yang-form 하동지동 (hadongjidong)

하동지동 (hadongjidong)

  1. somewhat helter-skelter, somewhat hurriedly

Derived terms edit