WeChat Released 10 Strange New Emojis and There's a Doge

By Barnaby Lofton, January 16, 2020

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New year, new emojis. Tencent officially released 10 new emojis on January 14: onlooker 吃瓜 (chi gua), emm, wow 哇 (wa), respect 社会社会 (shehui shehui), sweat 汗 (han), go for it 加油 (jiayou), OMG 天啊 (tian a), no prob 好的 (hao de), my bad 打脸 (da lian) and doge 旺柴 (wang chai).

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Screengrab via WeChat

If you haven’t found them on your device yet, Android users make sure to update to 7.0.10, and for iOS try re-signing into WeChat. Which new emoji is your favorite? 

READ MORE: WeChat Mistranslates National Flags into Bizarre Phrases

[Cover image: screengrab via WeChat]

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