Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Last, final, ultimate: Refers to the position at the very end of a sequence or the most recent point in time.
   • Glaring, staring, vivid (often of color): Describes an intense, bright, and conspicuous appearance, typically used for colors like red.

2. Noun:

   • Tip, extremity, very end: Refers to the farthest or outermost point of something.
   • Peak, summit, top: Refers to the highest point or apex.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Tin giờ chót. (The latest news. / Stop-press news.)
  • Thi đỗ chót. (To pass last on the list.)
  • Môi đỏ chót. (Lips of a glaring/staring red.)

• Noun:

  • Trên chót đỉnh cột cờ. (At the very top/peak of the flagpole.)
  • Màn chót của vở kịch. (The final act of the play.)

Advanced Usage

• "chót vót": (reduplication of chót) Very high, towering, dizzyingly tall.

  • Ngọn núi cao chót vót. (The mountain is toweringly high.)

• "chót lưỡi": The tip of the tongue.

  • Cảm giác nóng ở chót lưỡi. (A burning sensation on the tip of the tongue.)

Variants and Related Words

• chon chót: (reduplication; stronger sense) Extremely glaring or vivid, often for colors.

  • Đỏ chon chót. (A fiercely bright red.)

• chót nót: (reduplication) The very last bit, the absolute end.

  • Ăn chót nót. (To eat up the very last morsel.)

Synonyms

• cuối cùng: (adj) Final, last.
• tận cùng: (adj/noun) Utmost, extreme end.
• đỉnh: (noun) Peak, summit.
• chói: (adj) Dazzling, glaring (for light/color).

Related Phrases

• giờ chót: The last minute, the final hour.

  • Quyết định vào giờ chót. (A last-minute decision.)

• ván chót / hiệp chót: The final game/set, the last round.

  • Ghi bàn ở hiệp chót. (To score in the final set.)

Related Idioms

• (Đến/ra) nước chót: To reach the final stage, the last resort (often in a difficult situation).
  • Phải dùng đến nước chót. (To have to use the last resort.)

noun

1. Extremity, end, last
   • trên chót đỉnh cột cờ
     at the extremity of the top of the flag pole
   • màn chót của vở kịch
     the ending (final) act of a play
   • tin giờ chót
     the news of the last hour, the latest news, the stop-press news
   • thi đỗ chót
     to pass last on the list

adj

1. Glaring, staring
   • môi đỏ chót
     lips of a staring red