 | [hốt] |
| |  | Ivory (bone) tablet (hold by mandarins when in formal dress). |
| |  | Be frightened. |
| |  | Scoop up (with one's hands) |
| |  | Hốt gạo đánh vãi |
| | To scoop up with one's hands some spilled rice. |
| |  | (b) Coin (money) |
| |  | Đi luôn lãi như thế thật là hốt của |
| | His trade is so profitable, he is just coining money. |
| |  | (tiếng địa phương) như hót |