thả thính

[tʰaː˧˩ tʰïŋ˧˦]

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

Sense 1

Meaning · English

(verb) to drop thính into water as fishing bait

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

thả mồi thính vào nước để câu cá

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Register: informal

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning · English

(verb) to try to impress people so that they admire you or even fall in love with you

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

cố gắng gây ấn tượng với người khác

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Register: informal

Examples

Không biết ai “thả thính” ai, nhưng sự thật là Hoa hậu Đỗ Mỹ Linh đã sang tận Thường Châu, Trung Quốc, để xin chữ ký của Tiến Dũng cũng như nhiều thành viên khác của đội tuyển U23 Việt Nam.Don't know who was flirting with whom, but the truth was that Miss (Vietnam 2016) Đỗ Mỹ Linh had gone to Changzhou in China to get the signatures of Tiến Dũng and other members of the Vietnamese national under-23 football team.

Wiktionary example (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sense 3

Meaning · English

To flirt by scattering little baits — dropping cute hints, photos, or messages to reel someone in.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

tán tỉnh bằng cách gợi ý, gửi hình ảnh hoặc tin nhắn

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: To scatter roasted-bran bait (thính) the way one baits fish.

How to use it

✓ Use it when

Teasing someone whose “casual” posts are clearly fishing for a crush’s attention.

Register: informalConnotation: playfulEra: ~2016 – present

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

Examples

Đăng ảnh deep xong ngồi chờ crush thả tim, đúng là thả thính chuyên nghiệp.Posting moody photos then waiting for the crush to react — professional bait-scattering.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Curated editorially (owner-requested humorous-slang research, July 2026). Era: ~2016 – present.

Common questions

What does “thả thính” mean?

(verb) to drop thính into water as fishing bait

Is “thả thính” formal or informal?

thả thính is generally informal.