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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vietnamese bác (“paternal uncle”).
Noun
bạc (博)
- paternal uncle, father's elder brother
- po̱ bạc ― (polite) uncle
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Vietnamese bạc (“silver”).
Noun
bạc
- silver
- money
- tức bạc ― gamble
Synonyms
References
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *baːk (“white”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 白 (“white”, SV: bạch); cognate with Proto-Pong *paːk⁸ (“white”), Pong paːk, Thổ pɐːk⁸. The semantic development “white” > “silver” parallels that of vàng (“yellow” > “gold”).
Noun
bạc • (白, 鉑, 礴)
- silver
- (informal) money
Adjective
bạc • (白, 鉑, 礴)
- silver (either in material or in appearance)
- (figurative, of hair) gray
- Tóc thầy bạc trắng như mây. ― The teacher's hair is gray like clouds.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 薄.
Adjective
bạc • (泊, 萡, 薄)
- (of fate or life) miserable; ill
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 博 (“to gamble”, SV: bác).
Noun
bạc
- Short for bài bạc (“gambling”).
- Đen tình, đỏ bạc. ― Bad luck in romance brings good luck in gambling.
Derived terms