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bóc

Pronunciation Northern /ɓawk˧˥/ Central /ɓa̰wk˩˧/ Southern /ɓawk˧˥/
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to peel
Verb
to peel
1 senses
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to peel Core ActionsTheme

To remove the outer layer, skin, or covering from something.

vi Cô ấy đang bóc vỏ một quả cam.

en She is peeling an orange.

Parts
Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer / 剝
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OriginInherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
剝
Candidates by syllable
bóc 剝
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
bốc / bọc / bóc trần / bóc mẽ …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

bóc trần/bóc mẽ/bóc tem/bóc lịch/bóc ngắn cắn dài

Use
bóc lột / cướp bóc
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Words containing this

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Common expressions

bóc mòn bóc xén
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