Nuance Dictionary / Fire, Heat, & Swaying
아지랑이 a-ji-rang-i
Heat haze shimmering visually on a scorching hot day
What does 아지랑이 mean?
아지랑이 (a-ji-rang-i) means: Heat haze shimmering visually on a scorching hot day.
The wavy visual distortion seen above hot asphalt in the summer.
How it's actually used
- 한여름 운동장에 피어오르는 아지랑이를 보니 정말 더운 게 실감 나네.
Hanyeoreum undongjange pieoreuneun ajirangireul boni jeongmal deoun ge silgam nane.
Seeing the heat haze rising over the schoolyard in midsummer really makes me feel how hot it is.
💡 Quintessential summer vocabulary associated with hot asphalt or dirt fields. - 아스팔트 도로 위로 아지랑이가 피어오르는 걸 보니 진짜 여름이구나 싶다.
Aseupalteu doro wiro ajirangiga pieoreuneun geol boni jinjja yeoreumiguna sipta.
Seeing the heat haze shimmering over the asphalt road makes me realize it's truly summer.
💡 Often used to describe the visual distortion caused by scorching pavement. - 아스팔트 도로 위로 아지랑이가 아물아물 피어오르는 걸 보니 정말 한여름이네요.
asupalteu doro wiro ajirangiga amuramul pieoreuneun geol boni jeongmal hannyeoremineyo.
Seeing the heat haze shimmering up over the asphalt road really makes it feel like midsummer.
💡 Often paired with the verb 아물아물하다 to describe a faint, shimmering visual effect.
Related words in Fire, Heat, & Swaying
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