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    How do you pronounce Xuen?

    How do you pronounce his name?

    (Zoo-Wahn)?

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    I pronounce it Shoe-En

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    I think its zoo-en.

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    Shoo-en?

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    i say zoo-when
    “What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing
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    Zwen? I like keeping things short when can.

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    X - zooen..

    don't ask me why >.<

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

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    I pronounce it like.... The white tiger....

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    I just call him DerpCat because he never wants to attack the right target

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    Zooen, I thought that's was how you pronounce it, without a doubt.

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    I've always said "yoo-en"

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    Quote Originally Posted by ACES View Post
    The correct pronunciation is like 'Shuwen'. There is no 'z' sound.
    As stated where?

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    Su-En is how I say it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mickybrighteyes View Post
    As stated where?
    Anyone with basic knowledge of Chinese pronunciation would tell you this.

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    I pronounce it zoo-en
    History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    Xuen is pronounced (shwen), it's one syllable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mickybrighteyes View Post
    As stated where?
    Yeah, it's shuwen.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin


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    Here is a link from pronouncenames http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/xuen it is actually pronounced su-when, looks like I was wrong
    History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    gswhen for me

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