엉엉

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Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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