bộ

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Tày

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Noun

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bộ

  1. section; stretch
    Synonym: to̱n
    bộ tàngstretch of road
    bộ pạithat section
    bộ nưaupper section
    bộ tầưlower section

References

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  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from , from Literary Chinese (). () is used for ministries based on historical and modern Chinese models. South Korea also uses (), while feudal Korea used (jo), from Literary Chinese (cáo, agency). North Korea and Japan use (tỉnh), which was a higher type of government agency in feudal China.

Noun

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bộ

  1. a collection of multiple copies
    bộ bàia deck/pack of cards
  2. (serialized fiction) a series
    bộ truyện
    a novel or comic series
    bộ phim
    a drama or comedy TV series
  3. (government) a ministry
    Bộ Binh / Binh Bộthe Ministry of War
    Bộ Hình / Hình Bộthe Ministry of Justice
    Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạothe the Ministry of Education and Training
    Bộ Quốc phòng
    the Ministry of Defense
  4. (government) a ministry-level department in countries where the English word ministry is not used
    Bộ Quốc phòng
    the Department of Defense
  5. (taxonomy) an order
  6. (Sinology, especially in compounds with the Sino-Vietnamese names of radicals) Clipping of bộ thủ (a Chinese radical).
    bộ nhân
    the human radical, 亻
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

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bộ

  1. bearing and figure; appearance; carriage; look; gait
  2. (colloquial, often derogatory) capability (judging from one's appearance)
  3. foot (unit of measure equal to twelve inches)
    • 2006, William Dampier, translated by Hoàng Anh Tuấn, Một chuyến du hành đến Đàng Ngoài năm 1688, Hanoi: Thế Giới Publishers, page 29:
      Tôi chưa từng đi trên con sông này nhưng người ta quả quyết với tôi rằng nó sâu hơn 12 bộ ở ngay tại cửa sông.
      I had never been on this river, but they told me it was more than 12 feet deep right at the mouth.
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Adverb

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bộ

  1. (only in fixed expressions) on foot
    đi/cuốc bộto walk
    đi bộ đến trườngto walk to school
    Tao cuốc bộ muốn lọi giò luôn!
    I walked for so long my legs were literally dying!
    chạy bộto run
    lội bộto wade
    tản bộto stroll
  2. (by extension, only in fixed expressions) on land
    lính thuỷ đánh bộa marine
    giao thông đường bộland traffic

Particle

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bộ

  1. sentence-initial question particle, is it that? do...? I bet ...
    Bộ tụi bây thấy chán lắm hay sao vậy?
    Do you guys just get seriously bored or what?

Etymology 3

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 簿.

Noun

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bộ

  1. (dated, in compounds) Synonym of bạ (register)
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