红扑扑

• 병음: hóng pū pū
• 한자 분석: 红 = 纟+ 工; 扑 = 手 (hand radical) + 卜 (phonetic) — originally to pat or press; reduplication creates a vivid descriptive effect

뜻

볼이 발그레하다; 얼굴이 홍조를 띠다

An expressive reduplication adjective used almost exclusively to describe the cheeks or face of people, especially children, or those who are cold, excited, or exerting themselves. Carries a warm, endearing tone. Rarely used in formal writing.

예문

1. 孩子们在雪地里追逐嬉戏了一个多小时，回到屋内时一个个脸蛋儿都冻得红扑扑的，透着满满的活力。
2. 她跑完全程马拉松之后，双颊红扑扑的，呼出的热气在冷空气中久久弥散。
3. 台下的小演员面对着满场观众有些紧张，一张小脸红扑扑的，却依旧努力把台词背得一字不差。

사용 가이드

맥락: description, children, health, emotion, colloquial

어조: warm

올바른 표현

• 奶奶见到久别重逢的孙子，激动得双眼含泪，老脸也涨得红扑扑的。(When Grandma saw her grandson after a long separation, she was so moved that her eyes filled with tears and her face flushed a deep rosy red.)
• 这幅年画上的胖娃娃红扑扑的脸蛋儿配上一身大红袄，透出十足的喜庆气息。(The chubby baby on this New Year painting, with its rosy cheeks and a bright-red padded jacket, radiates a thoroughly festive spirit.)

피해야 할 표현

• 红扑扑 to describe objects or non-facial redness — use 鲜红 or 通红 for objects; 红扑扑 is reserved for cheeks or faces of people

기원과 역사

红 (red) + 扑扑 (reduplication suffix suggesting a plump, lively quality) — an onomatopoeic-like reduplication emphasising the vivid redness

문화적 배경

시대: Traditional to Modern

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal