bốc hoả

Vietnamese

Etymology

bốc +‎ hỏa.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˧˦ hwaː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˧˥ hwaː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˥ waː˨˩˦]

Verb

bốc hoả

  1. to go up in flames; to catch fire; to ignite
  2. (colloquial) to see red; to hit the roof; to go ballistic
  3. (medicine) to have hot flushes

Noun

(classifier cơn) bốc hoả

  1. (medicine) hot flushes