撤回消息

chèhuíxiāoxi
verb

Meanings

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

Examples

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

Tips

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

Stroke Order

chè
huí
xiāo