Standard Lemma guide

WeChat

name · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈwiːt͡ʃæt/

1

name

Meaning 1

A Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To use the app WeChat; to use the app WeChat to contact (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Entered English no later than 2012 when the app was re-branded WeChat for the international market. We corresponds to the first character in the original Chinese name 微信 (Wēixìn, literally “micro-message”), + chat.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: we7 — app
  • Chinese Cantonese: v7 — app
  • Chinese Mandarin: 微信 (Wēixìn) — app
  • Japanese: ウェイシン — app
  • Japanese: ウィーチャット — app
  • Korean: 위챗 (wichaet) — app
  • Nuosu: weitꑠ (weitxip) — app
  • Nuosu: weipꑠ (weipxip) — app
  • Malay: WeChat — app
  • Malay: Wicet — app
  • Tibetan: སྐད་འཕྲིན (skad 'phrin) — app
  • Uyghur: ئۈندىدار (ündidar) — app
  • Zhuang: veihsin — app
  • Zhuang: Veizsin — app
  • Chinese Mandarin: V (Wēi) — to use the app