bốc

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

bốc (, )

  1. to pick something up with hand
    ăn bốcto 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

Noun

bốc (, )

  1. (dialectal) a handful