Definitions

1. Adjective:

   • Short, deficient, insufficient: Describes a state of lacking or being less than the required or expected amount.
   • Missed, failed: Describes an action that was attempted but did not succeed or connect.

2. Verb:

   • To miss, to fail to reach or attain: The action of not achieving a target, not catching something, or not receiving something expected.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Công ty đang bị hụt vốn. (The company is short on capital.)
  • Cú sút của anh ấy bị hụt. (His shot was off target/missed.)
• Verb:
  • Anh ấy hụt mất cơ hội việc làm tốt. (He missed out on a good job opportunity.)
  • Tôi với tay nhưng vẫn hụt quả bóng. (I reached out but still missed the ball.)

Advanced Usage

• "Thở hụt hơi": To be short of breath, to gasp for air.
  • Sau khi chạy, cô ấy thở hụt hơi. (After running, she was short of breath.)
• "Ăn hụt": To miss a meal.
  • Hôm nay tôi bận quá nên ăn hụt bữa trưa. (I was so busy today that I missed lunch.)
• "Ngân sách hụt" / "Thâm hụt ngân sách": Budget deficit.
  • Quốc gia đó đang đối mặt với tình trạng thâm hụt ngân sách. (That country is facing a budget deficit.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hẫng hụt (adj): Feeling a sudden lack of support or loss, often emotionally. (e.g., - The feeling of being off-balance after a fall).
• Thiếu hụt (n/adj): Shortage, deficit; lacking. (e.g., - food shortage).
• Hụt hẫng (adj): Similar to "hẫng hụt," describing a sudden feeling of emptiness or loss.

Synonyms

• Thiếu (adj/verb): To lack, to be short of.
• Trượt (verb): To slip, to fail (e.g., an exam).
• Hỏng (verb/adj): To fail, to break down.
• Lỡ (verb): To miss (often an opportunity or timing).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Đánh hụt: To miss a blow, to fail to hit.
  • Võ sĩ đánh hụt đối thủ. (The boxer missed hitting his opponent.)
• Bắt hụt: To fail to catch.
  • Thủ môn bắt hụt quả bóng. (The goalkeeper failed to catch the ball.)
• Nói hụt: To almost say something but stop short.
  • Anh ấy định nói ra bí mật nhưng lại nói hụt. (He intended to tell the secret but stopped short.)

Related Idioms

• "Hụt chân": Literally "to miss one's footing"; to slip or lose balance.
  • Đường trơn, cẩn thận kẻo hụt chân. (The road is slippery, be careful not to lose your footing.)
• "Hụt hơi": As in "thở hụt hơi"; can metaphorically mean to be overwhelmed or unable to keep up.
  • Công việc dồn dập khiến tôi cảm thấy hụt hơi. (The piled-up work makes me feel overwhelmed/can't catch my breath.)

adj

1. short; deficent

verb

1. to suiss
   • đánh hụt
     to miss one's blow