  | [chòi] | 
  | danh từ | 
|   |   | Rudimentary mirador, watch-tower, sentry box; shed, hut | 
|   |   | chòi canh | 
|   | a watch-tower  | 
|   |   | chòi thông tin | 
|   | a news-broadcasting tower | 
  | động từ | 
|   |   | To shoot up, to emerge with difficulty; shed, hut | 
|   |   | cây không chòi lên được vì đất cằn | 
|   | the tree could not shoot up because of the exhausted soil  | 
|   |   | cố chòi khá»i mặt nước | 
|   | to try hard to emerge out of the water | 
|   |   | (of fruit) gather with a pole |