bót
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Definitions
- Noun:
- Police station, guard post: A small police station or military guard post, typically used during the colonial period in Vietnam. It refers to a place where police or soldiers are stationed.
- Cigarette holder: A small tube, often made of plastic, bone, or ivory, into which a cigarette is inserted for smoking.
- Brush: (Less common, regional) A brush, such as a toothbrush or clothes brush.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Police station/Guard post):
- Người cảnh sát đang làm việc tại bót. (The police officer is working at the police station.)
- Bót canh gác nằm ở đầu cầu. (The guard post is located at the head of the bridge.)
- Noun (Cigarette holder):
- Ông ấy hút thuốc bằng một cái bót bằng ngà. (He smokes using an ivory cigarette holder.)
- Noun (Brush):
- Cô ấy dùng bót để đánh răng. (She uses a brush to clean her teeth.)
Advanced Usage
- "bót cảnh sát": police station.
- Họ đã đưa người đàn ông đến bót cảnh sát. (They took the man to the police station.)
- "bót giặc": enemy post/station (historical/pejorative).
- Nghĩa quân đã tấn công bót giặc. (The insurgents attacked the enemy post.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đồn bót (noun): military post or station. This is a compound word where "bót" is part of it.
- Khu vực này có nhiều đồn bót cũ. (This area has many old military posts.)
- Bàn chải (noun): brush (the more standard and common word for "brush").
- Tôi cần mua một cái bàn chải đánh răng mới. (I need to buy a new toothbrush.)
Synonyms
- Trạm canh (noun): guard post.
- Đồn cảnh sát (noun): police station.
- Ống hút thuốc (noun): cigarette holder (descriptive phrase).
Related Phrases
- Vào bót: to go to/enter the police station (often implying being taken there).
- Người tài xế bị đưa vào bót. (The driver was taken to the police station.)
- Canh bót: to guard a post.
- Anh lính đang canh bót. (The soldier is guarding the post.)
Related Idioms
- Chạy như ma đuổi vào bót: To run as if being chased by a ghost into a police station. This idiom describes running very fast in a panic.
- Nghe tiếng nổ, nó chạy như ma đuổi vào bót. (Hearing the explosion, he ran as if being chased by a ghost into a police station.)
noun
- như bốt
- Police station
- Cigarette-holder