How to pronounce WeChat

WeChat (the messaging and payment app) is 微信 in Chinese, written Wēixìn in pinyin and said way-sheen.

微信 Wēixìn

way-sheen

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X is said like the sh in “she”, with the tongue behind the bottom teeth. Never “z” or “ks”.

WeChat (the messaging and payment app) is 微信 in Chinese, written Wēixìn in pinyin and said way-sheen.

wēi: first tone, high and level; xìn: fourth tone, falling sharply.

X is said like the sh in “she”, with the tongue behind the bottom teeth. Never “z” or “ks”.

Voices recorded for our word cards. A spelling such as “shyow-mee” is the nearest English sound, not the sound itself: hear the voices.