두근두근

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of the root 두근 (dugeun) (whence also 두근거리다 (dugeun'georida, “to pound, to palpitate”)), which is perhaps onomatopoeic; compare Japanese どきどき (dokidoki) with the same meaning. Compare 두그르르 (dugeureureu, “rolling, tumbling”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tuɡɯnduɡɯn]
• Phonetic hangul: [두근두근]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dugeundugeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dugeundugeun
McCune–Reischauer?	tugŭndugŭn
Yale Romanization?	twukuntwukun

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	두근두근 (dugeundugeun)
Yang-form	도근도근 (dogeundogeun)

두근두근 • (dugeundugeun)

1. (sound of heart beating) pit-a-pat