\[ **BT: [[technology#software|software]]** ] --- # WeChat > hanzi: 微信 > pinyin: Wēixìn ‘WeChat or Weixin in Chinese (lit. ‘micro-message’) is an instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. First released in 2011, it became the world’s largest standalone mobile app in 2018 with over 1 billion monthly active users. The Chinese version of WeChat, Weixin, has been described as China’s “app for everything” and a super-app because of its wide range of functions.’[^1] ‘WeChat provides text messaging, hold-to-talk voice messaging, broadcast (one-to-many) messaging, video conferencing, video games, mobile payment, sharing of photographs and videos and location sharing.’[^2] [[People can send money via WeChat.]][^3] [[You can set nicknames for people on WeChat.]][^4] [^1]: ‘WeChat’, Wikipedia, last edited 3 January 2026, 05:59 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeChat. [^2]: ‘WeChat’, Wikipedia, last edited 3 January 2026, 05:59 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeChat. [^3]: Translator notes in: 江为竭 \[Jiang Weiji], *[[Jiang Weiji, How to Feed an Abyss!, 2023|How to Feed an Abyss!]]*, trans. Moonlight Novels (Moonlight Novels, 2023), chapter 18.2, https://www.novelupdates.com/extnu/6725356/. [^4]: Translator notes in: 江为竭 \[Jiang Weiji], *[[Jiang Weiji, How to Feed an Abyss!, 2023|How to Feed an Abyss!]]*, trans. Moonlight Novels (Moonlight Novels, 2023), chapter 18.2, https://www.novelupdates.com/extnu/6725356/.