Bắc
name

northern Vietnam

Bắc Ai-len

Bắc Ai-len
name

Northern Ireland

Bắc Băng Dương

Bắc Băng Dương
name

the Arctic Ocean

Bắc Bộ
name

Northern Vietnam

Bắc Carolina

Bắc Carolina
name

North Carolina

Bắc Giang

Bắc Giang
name

Bắc Giang (a province of Vietnam)
Bắc Giang (a city in Vietnam)

Bắc Giải

Bắc Giải
name

(astrology, astronomy) Synonym of Cự Giải (“Cancer”)

Bắc Hà
name

A district of Lào Cai Province, Vietnam.
(historical) Northern Vietnam during the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ centuries
(uranography) "North River", an asterism in the Chinese constellation of Well

Bắc Hàn
noun

(Overseas Vietnamese) North Korea

Bắc Kinh
name

Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)

adj

Beijingese, Pekinese

Bắc Kì
name

(history) Tonkin

adj

(history) Tonkinese (pertaining to Tonkin)
(derogatory) "Tonkinese"; stereotypically northern Vietnamese in a negative way

Bắc Kạn

Bắc Kạn
name

Bắc Kạn (a province of Vietnam)
Bắc Kạn (a city in Vietnam)

Bắc Ma-xê-đô-ni-a

Bắc Ma-xê-đô-ni-a
name

North Macedonia (a country in Southeast Europe, in the Balkans)

Bắc Mĩ
name

North America, which consists of Canada, the United States and Mexico

adj

North American and non-Central American

Bắc Ninh
name

Bắc Ninh (a province of Vietnam)
Bắc Ninh (a city in Vietnam)

Bắc Triều Tiên

Bắc Triều Tiên
name

North Korea

adj

North Korean

Bắc Trung Bộ

Bắc Trung Bộ
name

North Central Coast (a region of Vietnam)

Bắc cực

Bắc cực
name

North Pole, Arctic

Bắc thuộc

Bắc thuộc
adj

(historical, chiefly of a period of time) when the ethnic Vietnamese were colonized by the Chinese

Bắc Ái Nhĩ Lan

Bắc Ái Nhĩ Lan
name

Northern Ireland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Bắc Âu
name

Northern Europe

adj

Northern European
Norse; Nordic

Bắc Đẩu

Bắc Đẩu
name

the god who records all human deaths
the Big Dipper

Bắc Đẩu Bội tinh

Bắc Đẩu Bội tinh
noun

Legion of Honor

Bắc Đẩu thất tinh

Bắc Đẩu thất tinh
name

the Big Dipper; the Plough

bắc
adj

north; northern

north; northern

verb

to place things so that you can climb them to reach a higher spot
to place a pot or pan onto a stove, or to take it off it

bắc bán cầu

bắc bán cầu
noun

Northern Hemisphere

bắc cực

bắc cực
noun

north pole

bắn
verb

to fire; to shoot

bắn cung
noun

archery

bắn súng

bắn súng
noun

shooting

bắn tin
verb

to promptly inform someone; to quickly send news

bắn tỉa

bắn tỉa
noun

sniper

bắp
noun

(of a banana plant) a blossom
(by extension) muscle
(by extension, Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) maize, corn
(colloquial) popcorn

bắp chuối

bắp chuối
noun

(zoology) a spiderhunter (bird of the genus Arachnothera)
(botany, literally) a banana blossom
(anatomy, figuratively) a calf muscle; gastrocnemius

bắp chuối mỏ dài

bắp chuối mỏ dài
noun

(zoology) a little spiderhunter (bird of the species Arachnothera longirostra)

bắp chân

bắp chân
noun

a calf (lower segment of the leg which contains the gastrocnemius)

bắp cải

bắp cải
noun

cabbage

bắp ngô
noun

corn; maize

bắp non
noun

baby corn

bắp rang
noun

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) popcorn

bắt
verb

to seize; to catch
to arrest
to receive; to pick up
to get
to force; to compel
to fit; to instal

bắt buộc

bắt buộc
verb

to compel; to force

adj

compulsory

bắt bẻ
verb

to find fault (with); to criticise

bắt bớ
verb

(transitive) to arrest

bắt chuyện

bắt chuyện
verb

to initiate a conversation

bắt chước

bắt chước
verb

to imitate, to mimic

bắt chước như khỉ

bắt chước như khỉ
phrase

(idiomatic) monkey see, monkey do

bắt chợt

bắt chợt
verb

(dated, rare) to discover unexpectedly; to notice suddenly; to catch (an occurrence)

bắt con
verb

(medicine) to perform a Caesarean section

bắt cá hai tay

bắt cá hai tay
verb

(idiomatic) to two-time

bắt cóc
verb

to kidnap; to abduct

bắt cô trói cột

bắt cô trói cột
noun

Indian cuckoo

intj

(onomatopoeia) The cry of an Indian cuckoo

bắt gió
verb

(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

bắt giữ

bắt giữ
verb

to arrest

bắt gặp

bắt gặp
verb

to encounter

bắt kịp

bắt kịp
verb

(economics) to catch up with

bắt mạch

bắt mạch
verb

to feel the pulse, to check the pulse

bắt mắt

bắt mắt
verb

to be eye-catching; to attract attention

bắt nguồn

bắt nguồn
verb

to take one's source (from); to originate (from); to begin (from)

bắt nhịp

bắt nhịp
verb

to conduct (a band, orchestra…)
to adapt to the pace of life

bắt nạt

bắt nạt
verb

to bully

bắt tay
verb

to shake hands
to join hands with; to collaborate
to start; to take up; to begin

bắt đầu

bắt đầu
verb

to begin; to start

bắt đền

bắt đền
verb

(colloquial) to demand compensation; to claim damages

八
character

chữ Hán form of bát (“eight, octo- (Sino-Vietnamese compounds)”).

北
character

chữ Hán form of bắc (“north”).

法
character

chữ Hán form of pháp (“law, method, standard”).
chữ Hán form of Pháp (“France, French”).
Nôm form of phép (“custom, permission”).

綳
character

chữ Hán form of banh (“stretch, spring (alternate form of 繃)”).
chữ Hán form of bắng (“(alternate form of 繃)”).