tốt

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tot̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tok̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tok̚˦˥]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The Common-Viet-Muong form would be *soːc.”)

Cognate with Muong Bi thốch (“good, beautiful”).

tốt • (卒, 𡨧, 𡄰, 𬙼)

1. good, as in high-quality, well-made, well executed, good-natured or ethical; compare hay (“good as in inventive, brilliant or entertaining”) and giỏi (“good as in skilled or competent”)

   Antonym: xấu

   gạo tốt ― good rice

   người tốt ― a good person; good people

2. (of head hair or facial hair) very dense or long, more so than it should be

   Tóc tốt quá rồi, phải đi cắt thôi.

   My hair's getting out of hand. I gotta get it cut.

• giỏi; hay; tuyệt

Sino-Vietnamese word from 卒.

• chốt

(classifier con, quân) tốt

1. (xiangqi) soldier, a piece labeled with the characters 卒 (black) and 兵 (binh, red)
2. (by extension, chess) pawn
3. (figurative) pawn

• binh