Ivory (bone) tablet (hold by mandarins when in formal dress).

Be frightened.

Scoop up (with one's hands)

Hốt gạo đánh vãi

To scoop up with one's hands some spilled rice.

(b) Coin (money)

Đi luôn lãi như thế thật là hốt của

His trade is so profitable, he is just coining money.

(tiếng địa phương) như hót