bộ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓo˧˨ʔ]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓo˩˧]

Noun

bộ

section; stretch
Synonym: to̱n

bộ tàng ― stretch of road

bộ pại ― that section

bộ nưa ― upper section

bộ tầư ― lower section

References

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓo˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˨˩˨]
Audio (Saigon): (file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bộ

a collection of multiple copies
bộ bài ― a deck/pack of cards
(serialized fiction) a series
bộ truyện
a novel or comic series

bộ phim
a drama or comedy TV series
(government) a ministry
Bộ Binh / Binh Bộ ― the Ministry of War

Bộ Hình / Hình Bộ ― the Ministry of Justice

Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo ― the the Ministry of Education and Training

Bộ Quốc phòng
the Ministry of Defense
(government) a ministry-level department in countries where the English word ministry is not used
Bộ Quốc phòng
the Department of Defense
(taxonomy) an order
(Sinology, especially in compounds with the Sino-Vietnamese names of radicals) clipping of bộ thủ (“a Chinese radical”)
bộ nhân
the human radical, 亻

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 步.

Noun

bộ

bearing and figure; appearance; carriage; look; gait
(colloquial, often derogatory) capability (judging from one's appearance)
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.

Synonyms

(foot): foot, bộ Anh

Derived terms

Adverb

bộ

(only in fixed expressions) on foot
đi/cuốc bộ ― to walk

đi bộ đến trường ― to walk to school

Tao cuốc bộ muốn lọi giò luôn!
I walked for so long my legs were literally dying!

chạy bộ ― to run

lội bộ ― to wade

tản bộ ― to stroll
(by extension, only in fixed expressions) on land
lính thuỷ đánh bộ ― a marine

giao thông đường bộ ― land traffic

Particle

bộ

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from 簿.

Noun

bộ

(dated, in compounds) synonym of bạ (“register”)

Derived terms