쪼뼛

Korean

Etymology

Intensive form of 조뼛 (joppyeot).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕ͈o̞p͈jʌ̹t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [쪼뼏]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jjoppyeot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jjo'ppyeos
McCune–Reischauer?	tchoppyŏt
Yale Romanization?	cco.ppyes

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	쭈뼛 (jjuppyeot)
Yang-form	쪼뼛 (jjoppyeot)

Consonant set

Plain	조뼛 (joppyeot)
Intensive	쪼뼛 (jjoppyeot)

쪼뼛 • (jjoppyeot)

1. (of an object) indeed very pointily, indeed very taperingly
2. (of hair) while indeed somewhat standing on end in shock
3. (of a person) indeed somewhat hesitantly, indeed somewhat diffidently
4. with pursed lips

Derived terms

• 쪼뼛하다 (jjoppyeothada)
• 쪼뼛쪼뼛 (jjoppyeotjjoppyeot)