bốc

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓəwk͡p̚˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓəwk͡p̚˦]

bốc

1. to scratch

   Synonyms: khuýa, khoán, khoát, vát

   Tu slưa bốc đin.

   The tiger scratches the dirt.

From Proto-Tai *ɓokᴰ (“dry land”). Cognate with Lao ບົກ (bok), Thai บก (bòk).

bốc (卜)

1. (container or body of water) no longer containing any liquid; dry

   Mỏ nặm phật hâng bốc lẹo.

   The water in the pot became dry after boiling for a while.

   khuổi bốc ― dry creek

   bẳng bốc ― dry tube (tubes are used to conserve water)

2. onland

   Pây bốc rụ pây nặm?

   We go on land or by water?

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˥]

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

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

bốc • (卜, 扑)

1. to pick something up with hand

   ăn bốc ― to eat with hands

2. (by extension, traditional medicine) to make up (a traditional medicine prescription)

   Synonyms: cắt, cân, hốt

   bốc thuốc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. to exhume and move (a corpse) to another place

   bốc mộ ― to relocate a tomb

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   bốc hàng lên ô tô ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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   Bão bốc cả mái nhà. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (of fire, smoke, steam etc.) to steam, to vaporize
7. (of emotions) to rise up; to surge
8. (colloquial) short for bốc đồng
9. (colloquial, agriculture, of plants) to develop well

bốc

1. enthusiastic

bốc • (卜, 扑)

1. (dialectal) a handful

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bốc

1. a type of vase used to clean intestines

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bốc

1. (dialectal) a beer cup of about 1/4 litre

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bốc

1. a type of haircut

Vietnamesized spelling of box.

bốc

1. boxing

   đấm bốc ― to box