Onomatopoeia

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Onomatopoeia are words that are the imitation of sounds.

  • <擬聲> - Onomatopoeia

People

  • 아야 - Ouch!
  • 앗 - Oops!
  • 음 - Um...
  • 쉿! - Shh! Hush!
  • 엉엉 - Sound of crying (bawling)
  • 냠냠 / 쩝쩝 - Sound made when chewing food
    • 냠냠 is a cute sound(yum-yum??), but 쩝쩝 is a bad sound(Sound you make when you eat noisily).
  • 꿀꺽꿀꺽 - gulp gulp
  • 쪽! - Sound of kiss (smack)
  • 짝짝짝 - Sound of clap
  • 쏙닥쏙닥 - Sound of whispering
  • 두근두근 - Sound and feeling of throbbing heart
  • 새근새근 - Breathing of a sleeping baby

Animals

  • 멍멍 - Bark of a dog
  • 야옹 - Meow of a cat
  • 꿀꿀 - Oink of a pig
  • 삐약삐약 - Chirping of a chick
  • 음메 - Baa of a sheep, moo of a cow
  • 붕붕/윙윙 - Buzz of a bee
  • 까악까악 - Caw of a crow
  • 꼬꼬댁 꼬꼬꼬꼬 - Cluck of a hen
  • 꼬끼오 - Cock-a-doodle-do of a rooster
  • 구구 - Sound of a pigeon
  • 짹짹 - Sound of a sparrow
  • 부엉부엉 - Hoo of an owl
  • 개골개골 - Ribbit of a frog
  • 찍찍 - Squeak of a mouse

Other

  • 딩동 - Sound of a doorbell
  • 탕,쾅 - Bang!
  • 쾅 - Crashing sound
  • 빵빵 - Sound of a horn (car)
  • 칙칙폭폭 - Sound of a train
  • 째깍째깍 - Sound of a clock
  • 뚜벅뚜벅 - tip tap tip tap
  • 똑똑똑 - Knock knock!
  • 삐걱삐걱 - Squeak Squeak
  • 땡땡땡 - Clang Clang
  • 딸랑딸랑 - Jingle Jingle
  • 뿅 - poof (sound of one suddenly appearing/disappearing)
  • 달그락 달그락 - clattering sound of horse hoofs, a typewriter or cutlery
  • 휭휭 - sound of the wind