살며시

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠ɭmjʌ̹ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [살며시]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	salmyeosi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	salmyeosi
McCune–Reischauer?	salmyŏsi
Yale Romanization?	sal.myesi

Adverb

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	슬며시 (seulmyeosi)
Yang-form	살며시 (salmyeosi)

살며시 • (salmyeosi)

1. subtly as to not draw attention
2. softly and slowly
3. (of an emotion) while slowly emerging in the mind

Related terms

Sound-symbolic terms derived from 살/슬 (sal/seul-, "lightly, subtly")
Yang-vowel form	Yin-vowel form
살살 (salsal)	슬슬 (seulseul)
살근살근 (salgeunsalgeun)	슬근슬근 (seulgeunseulgeun)
살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum)	슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum)
살며시 (salmyeosi) 살몃살몃 (salmyeotsalmyeot)	슬며시 (seulmyeosi) 슬몃슬몃 (seulmyeotseulmyeot)
살포시 (salposi)	살푸시 (salpusi)
살짝 (saljjak) 살짝살짝 (saljjaksaljjak)	슬쩍 (seuljjeok) 슬쩍슬쩍 (seuljjeokseuljjeok)
사르르 (sareureu)	스르르 (seureureu)