đút lót

Vietnamese

Etymology

đút (“to slide/slip”) +‎ lót (“to pad”), perhaps from the literal imagery of "slipping" (đút) money or money envelopes in an "underhand" (lót) way. A related phrase is đút túi (“to pocket (money)”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗut̚˧˦ lɔt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊk̚˦˧˥ lɔk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊk͡p̚˦˥ lɔk̚˦˥]

Verb

đút lót

  1. to bribe
    Synonyms: đút, hối lộ
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