살살

Korean

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?salsal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?salsal
McCune–Reischauer?salsal
Yale Romanization?sal.sal

Ideophone
Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 설설 (seolseol)
Yang-form 살살 (salsal)

살살 • (salsal)

  1. (of a liquid) while boiling slowly
  2. (of insects) while crawling lightly
  3. (of a person) while moving cautiously
  4. (of a person) while moving to and fro, especially in an agitated manner
  5. (of a headshake) lightly
Derived terms

Ideophone
Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 슬슬 (seulseul)
Yang-form 살살 (salsal)

살살 • (salsal)

  1. subtly; gently; carefully
    의사 아저씨, 살살 해주세요.
    uisa ajeossi, salsal haejuseyo.
    Mr. Doctor, please be gentle.
  2. (of snow, etc) while slowly melting
  3. while touching or rubbing softly
  4. (of wind) while blowing in a soft breeze
  5. quite easily; leisurely
Sound-symbolic terms derived from 살/슬 (sal/seul-, "lightly, subtly")
Yang-vowel form
Yin-vowel form
살살 (salsal)슬슬 (seulseul)
살근살근 (salgeunsalgeun)슬근슬근 (seulgeunseulgeun)
살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum)슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum)
살며시 (salmyeosi)
살몃살몃 (salmyeotsalmyeot)		슬며시 (seulmyeosi)
슬몃슬몃 (seulmyeotseulmyeot)
살포시 (salposi)살푸시 (salpusi)
살짝 (saljjak)
살짝살짝 (saljjaksaljjak)		슬쩍 (seuljjeok)
슬쩍슬쩍 (seuljjeokseuljjeok)
사르르 (sareureu)스르르 (seureureu)

Ideophone

살살 • (salsal)

  1. (of the stomach) while beginning to ache slightly
Derived terms
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