撤回消息

chèhuí xiāoxi
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to recall a message
  2. 2 to unsend a message

Examples

HSK 4
Chāoguò liǎng fēnzhōng jiù bù néng chèhuí xiāoxi le.
After two minutes, you can't recall the message anymore.
HSK 5
Wǒ fā cuò qún le, gǎnjǐn chèhuí xiāoxi.
I sent it to the wrong group, gotta unsend it fast.

Tips

culture
WeChat's 2-minute recall window spawned its own drama culture: 你撤回了一条消息 (you recalled a message) showing up in a chat is notoriously anxiety-inducing. Meme: 对方撤回了一条消息.
usage
撤回 alone also works: 我撤回一下. The object 消息 is often dropped in quick chat.

Stroke Order

撤 chè
回 huí
消 xiāo
息 xī