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