bắt gió

Vietnamese

Etymology

bắt (“to catch”) +‎ gió (“harmful wind”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓat̚˧˦ zɔ˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˧˥ jɔ˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˥ jɔ˦˥]

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
Synonym: nặn gió

See also

cạo gió

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