How do you pronounce Xuen?

[Spalding]

Yeah shu-en. At my work I always try pronouncing chinese customers names, and I guess from that experience I'd safely go with this.

[Deleted]

Anyone with basic knowledge of Chinese pronunciation would tell you this.

It's an American game, not Chinese.

[Synros]

Well he pronounces himself in a quest chain, and Anduin says his name a couple times as well. Its hard to type it out, since you cannot get the accent right. But its pretty much Zhu-en.

[Zigrifid]

I pronounce it ξουεν

[barackohmama]

I dont pronounce his name. I type it out.

[Wyrt]

Like schwinn, but that's probably wrong.

[Deleted]

Xoon. Like Soon, but with a Z. Zoon.

[dejec1989]

Fluffy blue tiger! no I say zuen even though it's wrong, I don't care

[ELYPOP]

Zoo-en.
Yep.
Dun care if it's wrong.

[mickybrighteyes]

Anyone with basic knowledge of Chinese pronunciation would tell you this.

but who's to say that THAT is what the in game pronunciation is? Unless we have a verbal recording or some developer backing the notion we can't say whether or not that THAT is the 'correct' way to say it.

Just because the expansion looks chinese and we think it feels chinese... doesn't mean it's in game chinese.

edit:

yes I'm knit picking over when you said "The correct pronunciation"

[Austilias]

The correct pronunciation is like 'Shuwen'. There is no 'z' sound.

That the Pandaren language is similar to Chinese, does not mean it follows the rules of Chinese. The in-game language is Pandaren, not Chinese; in the same way that the Vrykul language is not Icelandic/Old Norse.

I've always said "zoo-when" when it comes to Xuen.

[Deleted]

I say zoo-en

ive aid x-oohan a few times.

[Divinexve1]

Xoon. Like Soon, but with a Z. Zoon.

Dinner will be ready zoon

[malkara]

Dinner will be ready zoon

Xuen: mum, when will dinner be done?
Mum: It'll be ready zoon.
Xuen: -.-

[Obtuse]

Su-when

based on what I know of language thus far

[Lord Pebbleton]

I've always pronounced it as "Xuen".

[Kazlofski]

Hmm, Su-wen.

[endersblade]

I've always pronounced it Joo-en, with a soft 'J'.

[Kathranis]

In Chinese it is written 雪怒 (Xuěnù), which translates into English as "Snowfury."

You can put the hanzi characters into google translate and click the listen button to hear the pronunciation.

[ACES]

but who's to say that THAT is what the in game pronunciation is? Unless we have a verbal recording or some developer backing the notion we can't say whether or not that THAT is the 'correct' way to say it.

Just because the expansion looks chinese and we think it feels chinese... doesn't mean it's in game chinese.

edit:

yes I'm knit picking over when you said "The correct pronunciation"

I 100% guarantee that if you ask they guy that came up with the name, he'll tell you that it's pronounced like I already said.

That the Pandaren language is similar to Chinese, does not mean it follows the rules of Chinese. The in-game language is Pandaren, not Chinese; in the same way that the Vrykul language is not Icelandic/Old Norse.

I've always said "zoo-when" when it comes to Xuen.

It doesn't matter that the Pandaren language is not Chinese. The name 'Xuen' is so obviously influenced by the Chinese language that it only makes sense to use its rules as a basis for pronouncing it.