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Tày
Pronunciation
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] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
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
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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.
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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”)
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