Tiếng Việt · Slang Attested

câu like

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Fishing for likes — engineering posts around emotional bait or cheap hooks purely to farm reactions.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tạo bài đăng để câu kéo sự thích thú — xây dựng bài viết xung quanh mồi cảm xúc hoặc móc rẻ tiền để thu hút phản ứng

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Literally: fish for likes

Where it’s used: Origin Mạng xã hội · Vietnamese internet culture

Examples

Đăng hình con nít kèm caption thương tâm để câu like, coi mà mệt.Posting kids' photos with sob-story captions just to fish for likes — exhausting to watch.

Editorial example (batch 046)

Sources & notes

Discovered via slangviet.com (headword reference only; definition and example written independently for Idiomer). Retrieved 2026-08-05. Reference page: slangviet.com/phrases/cau-like.

Topics: Gen Z slang

Common questions

What does “câu like” mean?

Fishing for likes — engineering posts around emotional bait or cheap hooks purely to farm reactions. Literally: fish for likes

Is “câu like” formal or informal?

câu like is generally informal.

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