Chinese phrases
How to say add me on WeChat in Chinese
Add me on WeChat in Chinese is 加个微信吧 (jiā gè wēi xìn ba), “let’s add each other on WeChat.” Then one person shows a QR code and the other scans it.
加个微信吧
let’s add each other on WeChat
Ways to say add me on WeChat
加个微信吧
Everydaylet’s add each other on WeChat
After you meet someone: a new friend, a classmate, a shop owner who will send you photos of new stock.
加我微信
With friendsadd me on WeChat
Direct and friendly, when you know the other person wants to stay in touch.
方便加个微信吗
Formalwould it be OK to add you on WeChat?
With a colleague, a client or someone older. 方便 means “convenient,” so it is easy to say no.
我扫你还是你扫我
Everydayshall I scan you, or will you scan me?
The next step after 加个微信吧. Almost everyone adds by QR code.
扫一下我的二维码
Everydayscan my QR code
As you hold up your phone with your code on the screen.
你微信号是多少
Everydaywhat’s your WeChat ID?
When you can’t scan, for example on the phone. Many people do not know their own ID, so scanning is usually faster.
After the scan
A scan sends a friend request. The other person must accept it.
我加你了
I’ve sent you a request
Right after you scan, so the other person checks the phone.
通过一下
accept my request
A friendly nudge when the request waits.
我通过了
I’ve accepted it
When you accept someone’s request.
Common mistakes
Calling it “WeChat”
Many people in China know the app only as 微信, so “WeChat” can get a blank look. Say 微信 (wēi xìn).
Using 添加 in speech
添加 is the word on the app’s buttons, and it sounds stiff in speech. People say 加: 加个微信吧.
Getting 我扫你 backwards
When someone says 我扫你, they will scan your code, so open your QR code. When they say 你扫我, open the scanner and scan theirs.
After a language exchange
我们加个微信吧。
Leon: Let’s add each other on WeChat.
好啊，我扫你还是你扫我？
Qiqi: Sure. Shall I scan you, or will you scan me?
我扫你吧，你的二维码呢？
Leon: I’ll scan you. Where’s your code?
给你。
Qiqi: Here.
好了，通过一下。
Leon: Done. Accept my request.
