bắt gió
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
bắt (“to catch”) + gió (“harmful wind”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˧˦ zɔ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˧˥ jɔ˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˥ jɔ˦˥]
Verb edit
- (alternative medicine) to pinch the skin of the glabellar, temporal and genial regions all the way down the front of the neck until red spots (that are typically diamond-shaped due to the pinches) are formed, optionally using dầu gió, as a way to "release" gió (sense 2) in the fevered body
- Synonym: nặn gió