bắt gió

Vietnamese

Etymology

bắt (“to catch”) +‎ gió (“harmful wind”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓat̚˧˦ zɔ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˧˥ jɔ˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˥ jɔ˦˥]

Verb

bắt gió

1. (alternative medicine) to pinch the skin of the glabellar, temporal and genial regions all the way down the front of the neck until red spots (that are typically diamond-shaped due to the pinches) are formed, optionally using dầu gió, as a way to "release" gió (sense 2) in the fevered body

   Synonym: nặn gió

See also

• cạo gió