Modern Korean Slang & Expressions

싸대기 / 귀싸대기 때리다

ssadaegi / gwissadaegi ttaerida

The concept

扇耳光 / a slap to the face

How Koreans say it

Slapping someone across the face. The standard verb is 뺨을 때리다 (slap the cheek); slangy/intense is 싸대기 (or 귀싸대기) 날리다/때리다 — vivid, rough register, often used jokingly or in drama-style outrage.

Examples

Korean	English
드라마에서 주인공이 갑자기 싸대기를 날려서 깜짝 놀랐어요. deuramaeseo juingong-i gapjagi ssadaegireul nallyeoseo kkamjjak nollasseoyo.	In the drama the lead suddenly threw a slap, and it startled me.

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