tốt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tot"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tot̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tok̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tok̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The Common-Viet-Muong form would be *soːc.”)

Cognate with Muong Bi thốch (“good, beautiful”).

Adjective

tốt • (䘹, 𩫛, 𡄰, 𡨧, 𧍉)

1. good, as in high-quality, well-made, well executed, good-natured or ethical; compare hay (“good as in inventive, brilliant or entertaining”) and giỏi (“good as in skilled or competent”)

   Antonym: xấu

   gạo tốt ― good rice

   người tốt ― a good person; good people

2. (of head hair or facial hair) very dense or long, more so than it should be

   Tóc tốt quá rồi, phải đi cắt thôi.

   My hair's getting out of hand. I gotta get it cut.

See also

• giỏi; hay; tuyệt

Derived terms

• tốt bụng
• tốt đẹp
• tốt lành
• tốt số
• tốt tính
• tốt tươi

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 卒.

Alternative forms

• chốt

Noun

(classifier con, quân) tốt

1. (xiangqi) soldier, a piece labeled with the characters 卒 (black) and 兵 (binh, red)
2. (by extension, chess) pawn
3. (figurative) pawn

Derived terms

• binh tốt
• cờ bí thí tốt
• ngục tốt (獄卒)
• thí tốt
• tiểu tốt
• tốt thí
• tốt nghiệp (卒業)
• vô danh tiểu tốt

 

Related terms

• binh