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TOPIK 4adverb

싱글벙글

singgeulbeonggeul

싱글벙글 + 웃다 · 싱글벙글하다

beaming, grinning from ear to ear

Example

합격 소식에 동생이 하루 종일 싱글벙글 웃어요.

After hearing they passed, my younger sibling has been beaming all day.

Word parts

Manner word (의태어) for a happy face that keeps smiling; 싱글 and 벙글 rhyme for emphasis.

Good to know

Often as 싱글벙글하다: 요즘 왜 이렇게 싱글벙글해요? 'Why are you so smiley lately?'