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

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:36 am
by iSteal
She-Yian
Well..i'm trying to make this easy for you since i'm Chinese =/. Easy for me to pronounce

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:37 am
by DragonTalon
Im chinese also. Cantonese

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:37 am
by Deathsythe

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:39 am
by ziddy1232
I always pronouned it z-en (Or, zee-an)

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

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:10 am
by TibusOfVenice
I say it like Zy-en

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:11 am
by LadyB
i say it like the word "Cyan"

anyone say it like me?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:15 am
by DragonTalon
LadyB wrote:i say it like the word "Cyan"

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

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:54 am
by Fat_Smurf
I dont speak when I play sro I just write X-I-A-N :)

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:55 am
by MrJoey
Zee-An. That's how it goes through my mind, if it's correct or not, I don't really care.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:02 am
by Ell
She-an I think.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:04 am
by LittleTom
I usually say it "zee-an"

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:11 am
by Ell

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:15 am
by [SD]happynoobing
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...

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:23 am
by HakubiNi
Talk about YOUR western. On my language, Xian is pronounced the way it is on chinese.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:30 am
by Cyndaine
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:

Image

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:37 am
by Meow
LadyB wrote:i say it like the word "Cyan"

anyone say it like me?


I do

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:39 am
by Ice771x
Meow wrote:
LadyB wrote:i say it like the word "Cyan"

anyone say it like me?


I do


me too. but like. zyan.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:40 am
by Kill_4_FooD
a-then-z

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:42 am
by StealMySoda
I say it like this:

Zi-An. Or Zi-un.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:44 am
by MastaChiefX
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

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:46 am
by Meow
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
lols


OMG! HATE MUCH?!

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:47 am
by TibusOfVenice
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:

Image


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

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:51 am
by Meow
TibusOfVenice wrote:
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:

Image


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


ssan?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:02 am
by Cyndaine
huh. what ssan? what is ssan neways?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:05 am
by lexies2
zy-an...that's how I pronounce it.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:06 am
by Cyndaine
nooo its not zy-an. the 'xi' is rlly hard to prounouce, i cant even pronoucne it right sometimes

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:10 am
by Meow
the H in Hsee-an is silent, that's how I pronounce it XD

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:11 am
by Cyndaine
Meow wrote:the H in Hsee-an is silent, that's how I pronounce it XD


agreed =) are you chinese lady?

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:16 am
by Meow
I'm Viet, hahaha XD