Jump to content

Onomatopoeia

From Korean Wiki Project
Revision as of 20:30, 22 April 2012 by Rodaroo (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.


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) Yoou can also use 우걱우걱.
  • 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