Save Gender Masculine Usage Vietnamese Pronounced Pron. /ʔɓaːt̚˧˨ʔ/, /ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ/, /ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Vietnamese 拔 (bạt) meaning "to pull, to extract, to choose".