wechat/ˈwiːt͡ʃæt/EtymologyEntered 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.wechat means A Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.nameA Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app.verbTo use the app WeChat; to use the app WeChat to contact (someone).“The "heads bowed down" (to look at cell phones), those obsessed with cell phones, virtual chat, the Internet, and excessive WeChatting, which we see as a phenomenon everywhere, reflect attempts to overcome the loneliness and disinterest this generation feels, and to make up for their empty spiritual world through newly available technologies.”