Updated July 2026
What does 丝瓜汤 mean?
丝瓜汤 (sī guā tāng) means warm, empty word-soup in internet Chinese slang. Vague, soothing but empty emotional writing — gentle "healing" copy that sounds nice and says nothing. Literally, it means "luffa soup".
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丝瓜汤 is luffa soup: mild, watery, offends nobody. As slang it means writing exactly like that — gentle, healing, completely empty. 这段文案全是丝瓜汤，读完什么也没说. Warm words, zero nutrition. You finish it and realize nothing was said.
Example
这段文案全是丝瓜汤，读完什么也没说。
Zhè duàn wén'àn quán shì sī guā tāng, dú wán shénme yě méi shuō.
That copy is all word-soup — you finish it and nothing was said.
Where 丝瓜汤 comes from
Luffa soup is mild, watery and offends nobody, which made it the image for writing that is gentle, healing and completely empty. It sits close to AI味 as a way to call text hollow.
Related slang
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