bắt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bat"

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Vietic *pəc (“to pick”). Related to bứt, phứt, phắt.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓat̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˥]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)

Verb edit

bắt • (扒, 北, 八, 抔, 撥, 𫐴, 𫐾)

to seize; to catch
to arrest
to receive; to pick up
bắt sóng ― to pick up the (phone) signal
to get
to force; to compel
Synonyms: ép, buộc
- 14th century, Mạc Đĩnh Chi, Giáo tử phú 敎子賦:
  渃銅扒㕵
  没𣈗𤾓番
  𤈜湼散情
  𢚸傷逼息
  Nước đồng bắt uống,
  Một ngày trăm phen,
  Cháy nát tan tành,
  Lòng thương bức tức.
  Forced to drink molten copper
  One hundred times a day,
  Their innards burned to ashes;
  My heart aches with fury [for them].
to fit; to install

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

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