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. There's also the phrase 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

to bribe
Synonym: đút