Tiếng Việt · Word Attested

lò vi sóng

[lɔ˨˩ vi˧˧ sawŋ͡m˧˦] 🎙 Say it

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

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Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

(noun) microwave oven

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

lò nướng vi sóng

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Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora

Hâm nóng bằng lò vi sóng nhé.Heat it up in the microwave.

Editorial example (contributed-collins-enriched)

Sources & notes

Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A break-up/get-back-together loop — a couple who reheat the relationship over and over.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

vòng lặp chia tay và quay lại với nhau

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: Microwave oven — always reheating.

Gossiping about on-again-off-again couples.

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora Origin Mạng xã hội · Vietnamese internet culture

Tụi nó chia tay lần thứ năm rồi lại quay lại — đúng kiểu tình yêu lò vi sóng.Their fifth breakup and they’re back again — microwave love.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Adapted from Vietnamese Wikipedia’s Gen-Z slang list (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30). Era: ~2022 – present.

What does “lò vi sóng” mean?

(noun) microwave oven

Is “lò vi sóng” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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