Something like "Shwun". The "e" sound in Mandarin is tricky but often has sort of an "uh" sound (the guy above is actually more correct, it does sound closer to "urn"). In Mandarin the X has a definite "Sh" sound.
Something like "Shwun". The "e" sound in Mandarin is tricky but often has sort of an "uh" sound (the guy above is actually more correct, it does sound closer to "urn"). In Mandarin the X has a definite "Sh" sound.
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Anyone else think Jaime Lannister only has the Kingslayer title because he was just too lazy to kill the king on heroic mode?
I would say suan
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Zu'enn
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But at least I can casually play Classic and remember when MMORPGs were good.
Well I've never had reason to speak it out loud, but in my head it's something like "jewen", but with a slight "sh" to the j.
Actually the correct/official translation is 雪怒
雪 [Xue] = Snow
怒 [Nu] = Fury
I think Blizzard decided to eliminate the "u" for aesthetic reasons mostly, but the above is the translation used in China and TW WoW versions.
And regarding the pronunciation, "Shu-En" is the correct and most approximate translation as many people mentioned.
zoo-en is how id say it
It's fake chinese; not proper pinyin romanisation of any actual character with real Chinese pronunciation. There is no such sound in Chinese; -ue they do, and -uan, but not -uen.
Xuan is the closest, google provides a nifty pronunciation option as part of their translation service. Of course that is just one of the 4 tones they use in mandarin, which has quite an affect on the sound of the word.
Simple: Shoe-in.
It's "Zoo-En." It's even pronounced in game during a few quests. I'm sure in Chinese the X is supposed to make a "sh" sound, but every time it's been pronounced it's been a "Z." Do with that what you will.
Xuen
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Pronunciation: su-when
strait out of the dictionary.................
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shoon.. or shoo-en as it is. although sometimes i jus say zoon.
When asked the question like this, I'd say "zoo-en"/"shoo-en". But now that I think about it, on teamspeak we tend to pronounce that X like you would in the middle of an English word. So I suppose I often pronounce it "Ksooen" (or alternatively just the way it's spelled with Swedish pronounciation). But still, I think "shoo-en" is how it's meant to be pronounced.
zwen
lol, probably wrong but i don't really care haha
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