멈칫

Korean

Etymology

From 멈추- (meomchu-, “to stop”) +‎ -ㅅ (-s).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mʌ̹mt͡ɕʰit̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [멈칟]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	meomchit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	meomchis
McCune–Reischauer?	mŏmch'it
Yale Romanization?	memchis

Ideophone

멈칫 • (meomchit)

1. abruptly; suddenly

Derived terms

• 멈칫거리다 (meomchitgeorida)
• 멈칫대다 (meomchitdaeda)
• 멈칫멈칫 (meomchinmeomchit)
• 멈칫하다 (meomchithada)