chòi

noun

• Rudimentary mirador, watch-tower
  • chòi canh: a watch-tower
  • chòi thông tin: a news-broadcasting tower

verb

• To shoot up, to emerge with difficulty
  • cây không chòi lên được vì đất cằn: the tree could not shoot up because of the exhausted soil
  • cố chòi khỏi mặt nước: to try hard to emerge out of the water