쭈뼛

Korean

Etymology

Intensive form of 주뼛 (juppyeot).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕ͈up͈jʌ̹t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [쭈뼏]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jjuppyeot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jju'ppyeos
McCune–Reischauer?	tchuppyŏt
Yale Romanization?	ccwu.ppyes

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	쭈뼛 (jjuppyeot)
Yang-form	조뼛 (joppyeot)

Consonant set

Plain	쪼뼛 (jjoppyeot)
Intensive	쭈뼛 (jjuppyeot)

쭈뼛 • (jjuppyeot)

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

Derived terms

• 쭈뼛하다 (jjuppyeothada)
• 쭈뼛쭈뼛 (jjuppyeotjjuppyeot)