bốc
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *poːk (“handful”). Related to vốc.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˥]
Verb
bốc (卜, 扑)
- to pick something up with hand
- ăn bốc ― to eat with hands
- to make up (a traditional medicine prescription)
- to exhume and move (a corpse) to another place
- to steam, to vaporize
Derived terms
Derived terms
- bốc dỡ
- bốc thăm
- bốc vác
Noun
bốc (卜, 扑)
- (dialectal) a handful