bốc

Definition

Verb:
- To scoop or pick up with the hand(s): To take a loose or granular substance using one's hand or hands, often in a cupping motion.
- To dispense or make up (medicine): To measure and gather ingredients, specifically herbal medicines, according to a prescription.
- To draw or pick (a card, lot): To randomly select an item, such as a playing card or a lot in a draw.
- To exhume and relocate (remains): To dig up and move bones or remains to a different burial place.
Verb (extended usage):
- To rise or soar (of flames, dust, emotions): To move upwards vigorously and spread out, like fire, dust, or strong feelings.
- To be overly enthusiastic or exaggerated: To act or speak in an excessively excited or inflated manner.

Usage Examples

Verb:
- Anh ấy bốc một nắm gạo. (He scoops up a handful of rice.)
- Thầy thuốc đang bốc thuốc cho bệnh nhân. (The herbalist is making up medicine for the patient.)
- Mỗi người chơi bốc một lá bài. (Each player draws a card.)
- Gia đình sẽ bốc mộ ông vào năm tới. (The family will exhume and relocate the grandfather's remains next year.)
Verb (extended usage):
- Ngọn lửa bốc cao vì gió. (The flames soared high because of the wind.)
- Cơn tức giận bốc lên đột ngột. (A sudden anger rose up.)
- Anh ấy nói chuyện hơi bốc. (He talks in a slightly exaggerated way.)

Advanced Usage

"bốc đầu xe máy": To pop a wheelie (on a motorcycle).
- Anh thanh niên bốc đầu xe máy rất nguy hiểm. (The young man popping a wheelie on his motorcycle is very dangerous.)
"bốc đồ" (slang): To shoplift, to steal.
- Tên trộm bị bắt quả tang khi đang bốc đồ trong siêu thị. (The thief was caught red-handed while shoplifting in the supermarket.)

Variants and Related Words

Ăn bốc (v): To eat with one's hands/fingers.
- Ở một số nền văn hoá, người ta thường ăn bốc. (In some cultures, people often eat with their hands.)
Bốc phét (v, colloquial): To brag, to talk big.
- Đừng nghe anh ta, anh ta chỉ thích bốc phét thôi. (Don't listen to him, he just likes to brag.)
Bốc hơi (v): To evaporate; (colloquial) to disappear suddenly.
- Nước bốc hơi dưới ánh nắng. (The water evaporates under the sunlight.)
- Sau vụ scandal, ngôi sao đó gần như bốc hơi khỏi làng giải trí. (After the scandal, that star almost vanished from the entertainment industry.)

Synonyms

Related Idioms

"Nóng bốc hỏa": To be furious, to see red (literally: hot enough to burst into flames).
- Nghe tin đó, ông ấy nóng bốc hỏa. (Hearing that news, he was furious.)
"Bốc thuốc": To prepare herbal medicine; can be used metaphorically to mean "to prescribe a solution" (often complex or harsh).
- Ông thầy lang già đang bốc thuốc. (The old herbalist is preparing the medicine.)
- Ông sếp mới bốc cho nhân viên một thang thuốc đắng với chỉ tiêu cao. (The new boss prescribed a bitter pill for the employees with high targets.)

verb

To pick up in one's hands, to scoop up with one's hands
- bốc một nắm muối
  
  to take a handful of salt
- bốc bùn
  
  to scoop up mud in one's hands
- ăn bốc, không dùng thìa đũa
  
  to eat with one's fingers, without using a spoon or chopsticks
To make up (một đơn thuốc bắc)
- thầy lang kê đơn bốc thuốc
  
  the herbalist writes out a prescription and makes it up
To draw (lá bài, que thăm)
- bốc quân bài
  
  to draw a card
- bốc thăm
  
  to draw lots
- To exhume and move (hài cốt) to another place

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