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PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:33 am 
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How the hell do u pronounce "Xian"?

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Well..i'm trying to make this easy for you since i'm Chinese =/. Easy for me to pronounce

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Im chinese also. Cantonese

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/xian

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I always pronouned it z-en (Or, zee-an)

But some people say x-i-an so they say it as its spelt


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I say it like Zy-en

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i say it like the word "Cyan"

anyone say it like me?

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LadyB wrote:
i say it like the word "Cyan"

anyone say it like me?
My RL friend says it like that.

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I dont speak when I play sro I just write X-I-A-N :)

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Zee-An. That's how it goes through my mind, if it's correct or not, I don't really care.

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She-an I think.


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I usually say it "zee-an"

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PRONUNCIATION: shän, shyän

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lol give up, x is one sound in chinese that people from the west cannot pronounce b/c of the way their tongues are trained. the closest i can think of is somewhere in between "see" and "she". lol...

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Talk about YOUR western. On my language, Xian is pronounced the way it is on chinese.

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its an actual city in china, and u pronouce it kinda like Hsee-An...its not really it but u cant type it correctly using english. heres a map of xian:

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LadyB wrote:
i say it like the word "Cyan"

anyone say it like me?


I do

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Meow wrote:
LadyB wrote:
i say it like the word "Cyan"

anyone say it like me?


I do


me too. but like. zyan.

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a-then-z

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I say it like this:

Zi-An. Or Zi-un.

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Meow wrote:
LadyB wrote:
i say it like the word "Cyan"

anyone say it like me?


I do


Says the person who Int tabs are pronouced "I-N-T" Tabs
lols

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MastaChiefX wrote:
Meow wrote:
LadyB wrote:
i say it like the word "Cyan"

anyone say it like me?


I do


Says the person who Int tabs are pronouced "I-N-T" Tabs
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its an actual city in china, and u pronouce it kinda like Hsee-An...its not really it but u cant type it correctly using english. heres a map of xian:

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how do you pronounce Hsee-an? >.< lol

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Cyndaine wrote:
its an actual city in china, and u pronouce it kinda like Hsee-An...its not really it but u cant type it correctly using english. heres a map of xian:

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how do you pronounce Hsee-an? >.< lol


ssan?

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huh. what ssan? what is ssan neways?

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zy-an...that's how I pronounce it.

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nooo its not zy-an. the 'xi' is rlly hard to prounouce, i cant even pronoucne it right sometimes

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the H in Hsee-an is silent, that's how I pronounce it XD

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the H in Hsee-an is silent, that's how I pronounce it XD


agreed =) are you chinese lady?

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I'm Viet, hahaha XD

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