cút

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông mua hai cút rượu ở cửa hàng.

Definition

1. Verb (slang, imperative, offensive):

   • To clear out; to beat it; to scram: A rude and forceful command telling someone to leave immediately. It expresses strong annoyance, anger, or contempt.
   • To leave (in a sneaky or forced manner): To depart from a place, often because one is compelled to, has been driven out, or is sneaking away.

2. Noun:

   • Vial; phial: A small bottle, typically used to hold liquids like alcohol or medicine. Historically, it was also a folk unit of measurement for volume, approximately equal to 1/4 or 1/8 of a liter.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cút ngay! (Get lost right now!)
  • Nó bị đuổi và phải cút khỏi quán bar. (He was kicked out and had to beat it from the bar.)
• Noun:
  • Ông già mua một cút rượu. (The old man bought a vial of liquor.)
  • Thuốc được đựng trong một cút thủy tinh. (The medicine is contained in a glass phial.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb "cút" is almost exclusively used in imperative forms () or to describe a dishonorable/forced departure. It is highly impolite.
• The noun "cút" is somewhat archaic in modern Vietnamese for "vial," with words like being more common. It remains in use in certain fixed expressions or regional speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Cun cút (n): A type of small bird (buttonquail).
• Cút xa (v, phrase): An even more emphatic and offensive variant meaning "get far away."
• Cay cút (adj): Describes a state of misery, hardship, and poverty.

Synonyms

• Verb: Scram, get lost, go away, flee, skedaddle.
• Noun: Vial, flask, small bottle.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Lủi như cút: To sneak away or disappear quietly and stealthily.
  • Nghe thấy tiếng động, tên trộm lủi như cút. (Hearing a noise, the thief sneaked away.)
• Cút bầu cút biến: A rhyming slang phrase meaning to disappear completely and immediately.
  • Hãy cút bầu cút biến khỏi mặt tôi! (Just vanish from my sight!)

Học thuật

verb

1. to clear out; to beat it

noun

1. vial; phial