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

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