bồi

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

noun
Waiter (khách sạn), man-servant (nhà riêng bọn thực dân), houseboy
bồi bàn a waiter
bồi phòng a hotel room boy
verb
To strengthen (by pasting on additional layers of the same material)
bồi bìa to strengthen a cover
bồi bức tranh to strengthen the back of a picture (with layers of paper pasted on it)
đắp đất bồi thêm chân đê to strengthen the foot of a dyke with earth
(nói về bùn cát trong nước sông hồ) To raise the level of, to extend the area of with one's deposit

	[bồi]
		houseboy; waiter; manservant
		(đánh bài) jack
			Lá bồi pích
			The jack of spades
		to strengthen (by pasting on additional layers of the same material)
			Bồi bìa
			To strengthen a cover
			Bồi bức tranh
			To strengthen the back of a picture (with layers of paper pasted on it)
			Đắp đất bồi thêm chân đê
			To strengthen the foot of a dyke with earth
		(nói về bùn cát trong nước sông hồ) To raise the level of...; to extend the area of... with deposits
			Bờ sông được bồi thêm phù sa
			The river band was extended with deposits of silt
		to follow up with
			Nó đã lảo đảo ngã, lại bồi thêm hai quả đấm
			He was staggering but his opponent followed up with two more blows
			Bắn bồi thêm mấy phát
			To follow up with several shots