엉엉

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹ŋʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [엉엉]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eong'eong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eong'eong
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏngŏng
Yale Romanization?	engeng

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	엉엉 (eong'eong)
Yang-form	앙앙 (ang'ang)

엉엉 • (eong'eong)

1. while crying loudly; boo hoo

Derived terms

• 엉엉하다 (eong'eonghada)
• 엉엉거리다 (eong'eonggeorida)
• 엉엉대다 (eong'eongdaeda)