🌟 컥컥

Adverb  

1. 자꾸 숨이 답답하게 막히는 모양.

1. WITH A GASP: A word imitating one's state of being suffocated as one's breath is blocked repeatedly.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 숨이 컥컥 막히다.
    Breathtaking.
  • 가슴이 컥컥 막히다.
    Have a lump in one's chest.
  • 사우나에 들어서니 열기 때문에 숨이 컥컥 막혔다.
    Entering the sauna, i was stifled by the heat.
  • 달리기를 심하게 했더니 갑자기 숨이 컥컥 막히는 듯했다.
    I ran so hard that i suddenly felt suffocated.
  • 여기 공기가 왜 이리 탁하지?
    Why is the air so murky here?
    그러게. 숨이 컥컥 막혀서 숨을 못 쉬겠네.
    Yeah. i can't breathe because i'm suffocated.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 컥컥 (컥컥)
📚 Derivative: 컥컥거리다: 숨이 자꾸 답답하게 막히다. 컥컥대다: 숨이 자꾸 답답하게 막히다. 컥컥하다: 자꾸 숨이 답답하게 막히다.

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