Learn The Korean Word For When Your Heart Goes Pit-A-Pat - Dugeun Dugeun

You know the feeling when you're watching a romance K-Drama, and you can feel your heartbeat getting faster? Or, perhaps when you're with your crush in real life and your heart feels like it's beating right out of your chest? In Korean, there's a word for that pit-a-pat feeling. It's called "두근두근" (dugeun dugeun).

"Dugeun dugeun" is an onomatopoeia that mimics the rhythmic sound of a heartbeat and is commonly used to express excitement, nervousness, or anticipation in various contexts, including romantic situations or moments of suspense. If you're a K-Pop or K-Drama fan, you must have heard this phrase often in dramas or song lyrics.

You can use "dugeun dugeun" when your heart is racing or pounding because of something or someone. For instance, in "Lovely Runner", Ryu SunJae (Byeon WooSeok) can feel his heart go dugeun dugeun for Im Sol (Kim HyeYoon).

You can use "dugeun dugeun" in a sentence (informal) as below:

만날 때마다 마음이 두근두근해

Mannal ttaemada maeumi dugeun dugeunhae

My heart races every time we meet

There's also a Korean abbreviation for dugeun dugeun that you can use in text messages or on the internet. It's ㄷㄱㄷㄱ.

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