피슝 (pisyung)

What it means

Something shooting off fast — a laser, a beam, or a person zipping away. Basically 'pew!'

When you'll see it

In fantasy and sci-fi manhwa, it's the beam shooting from someone's hand or the arrow whizzing past an ear. It also works for people vanishing at top speed — like the coworker who's gone 피슝 the second it hits 6 p.m. And plenty of Koreans grew up making finger guns and going '피슝 피슝' at each other.

Where it shows up in manhwa

• A laser or energy blast fires
• A character zips off at top speed
• An arrow flies past

Examples

1. A: 김 대리 어디 갔어? B: 6시 땡 하자마자 피슝 사라졌어요.

   A: Where'd Kim go? B: Zipped off (피슝) the second it hit six.

2. 조카랑 손가락 총 쏘기 놀이 하는데 피슝 피슝 소리를 진짜 진지하게 내더라.

   Playing finger guns with my nephew — he makes the pew pew (피슝) sounds with total seriousness.

3. 그의 손끝에서 푸른 광선이 피슝 뻗어 나갔다.

   A blue beam shot (피슝) from his fingertips.