This year, over 220 billion messages were exchanged over WeChat. When asking for favours it’s always polite to act embarrassed. Received a WeChat with a mysterious nose pick? This isn’t what you think it means, but you might have just said something that they think is dumb!Īsking for a favour? 😳 You might want to use this one.

This can be interpreted as that you have just said something silly and the sender no longer wants to speak to you. The waving hand that you use to greet or say goodbye? 👋 You can wave that one aside. You might think you’re expressing happiness, but your Chinese friend will think you’re mocking them with a hostile face! If you’re new to China and so new to WeChat, you might want to think again before sending certain emojis, as your Chinese friends might be a little confused…įor example, you might want to avoid using the 🙂 smiley face with your friends, they could react weirdly.

WeChat has just released a big study, revealing who uses what emojis in China and what they really mean.