tốt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tot"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tot̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tok̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tok̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

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Adjective

tốt • (䘹, 𩫛, 𡄰, 𡨧, 𧍉)

1. good

   Antonym: xấu

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

Derived terms

• tốt bụng
• tốt đẹp
• tốt lành
• 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

• thí tốt, cờ bí thí tốt, tốt thí
• binh tốt
• tiểu tốt, vô danh tiểu tốt
• tốt nghiệp

Related terms

• binh