bốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *poːk (“handful”). Related to vốc (“handful”).

Compare also Baha pok³¹ (“bunch, handful”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˥]

Verb

bốc • (卜, 扑)

1. to pick something up with hand

   ăn bốc ― to eat with hands

2. to make up (a traditional medicine prescription)
3. to exhume and move (a corpse) to another place
4. to steam, to vaporize

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bốc dỡ
• bốc thăm
• bốc vác

 

Noun

bốc • (卜, 扑)

1. (dialectal) a handful