nhót

Thân thiện

Một em bé đang hái quả nhót từ cây trong vườn.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Eleagnus, Oleaster: A type of tree or shrub (genus Eleagnus), often with silvery leaves and small, oval, sour-tasting fruit.
2. Verb (colloquial):
   • To pinch, to swipe, to filch: To take something small, often of little value, in a sly or stealthy manner.
   • To slip away, to sneak off, to steal away: To leave a place quietly and quickly, often to avoid notice or an obligation.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Quả nhót có vị chua. (Eleagnus fruit has a sour taste.)
  • Trẻ con trong làng thường hái nhót chấm muối. (Village children often pick oleaster berries to eat with salt.)
• Verb (to pinch):
  • Ai đã nhót cái bật lửa của tôi? (Who pinched my lighter?)
  • Nó nhót mấy viên kẹo trên bàn rồi chạy mất. (He swiped a few candies from the table and ran off.)
• Verb (to slip away):
  • Nó nhót ra ngoài lúc mọi người đang bận nói chuyện. (He sneaked out while everyone was busy talking.)
  • Đừng có nhót đi chơi khi chưa làm xong bài tập. (Don't you slip away to play before finishing your homework.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb usage of "nhót" is highly informal and carries a nuance of a petty, quick, or sneaky action. It is not used for serious theft.
• The action of "nhót" often implies the stolen object is small or the act of leaving is done furtively.

Variants and Related Words

• Cây nhót (n): Oleaster tree.
• Quả nhót (n): Oleaster berry, eleagnus fruit.

Synonyms

• (Verb - to take) Ăn cắp, ăn trộm (to steal - more general and serious); lấy vụng (to take stealthily).
• (Verb - to leave) Lén đi, chuồn, trốn đi (to leave stealthily, to sneak off).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nhót mất: To have something pinched/swiped; emphasizes the loss.
  • Tôi mới để quyển sách đây, đã bị nhót mất rồi. (I just put the book here, and it's already been pinched.)
• Nhót đi: To slip away (to go); emphasizes the act of leaving.
  • Cậu ta nhót đi đằng sau lưng tôi. (He slipped away behind my back.)

Học thuật

1. Oleaster (cây).
2. (thông tục) Pinch, steal
   • Ai nhót mất cái bút máy của tôi?
     Who has pinched my fountain-pen?
3. (khẩu ngữ) Steal away; give the slip; slink out
   • Thoáng một cái đã nhót đi chơi rồi
     To steal away and play in a flash