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How to pronounce "Xin Zhao"

GoodHotFreshFly·7/17/2015, 3:08:39 AM·217 votes·20,100 views

It has come to the point where I hear people pronouncing his name in such ridiculous ways "Ksin Sao" "Zin Zao" ""Aksin Zihao"" "i4ry6gh9q8" that I need to clear up this problem. There was a popular thread about this in the past, but that thread complicated things and people still didn't get it. Even Xin Zhao's official champion spotlight pronounced it wrong as "Zin Zao".

The name is clearly written synonymous to Pinyin Chinese, a way of romanizing Chinese in English. If you want to argue that his name has absolutely nothing to do with Chinese, you're gonna have to come up with some really convincing proof, since Xin Zhao's looks and name pretty much point straight to Chinese.

So here's how you pronounce it:

Shin Jow

You're welcome.

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299 Comments

Sukishoo7/17/2015, 3:20:09 AM112 votes

Clearly

"i4ry6gh9q8"

Is the correct way

terkmc7/17/2015, 9:44:24 AM37 votes

Weird ive always pronounced it Xin Zhao

Beerstein7/17/2015, 3:25:40 AM15 votes

Yeah I play with a Chinese guy he corrected me the first time.

RiotRiot Scruffy7/17/2015, 5:01:56 PM14 votes

Thanks for this, I used to say it wrong myself until someone corrected me. LOL at ""Aksin Zihao""

JungHai07/17/2015, 6:27:12 AM13 votes

Huh. I always pronounced it "Zin Jiao."

I'll file this away with the correct pronunciation of Leblanc.

(The C is silent.)

Wumachine7/17/2015, 7:45:53 AM10 votes

i do believe it's pronounced "such wow"

Der Lindwurm7/17/2015, 3:23:58 AM10 votes

Ssssshhhh let this be a well kept secret for Americans who actually know how to read Pinyin.

Stellafreyja7/17/2015, 6:23:05 AM8 votes

Years of playing Dynasty Warriors paid off because I knew it was pronounced Shin Jow. :3

SlampieceHawke7/17/2015, 7:44:09 AM4 votes

I actually like to call him yinny zow. Pronounced just like that. Like this "Heyo there's mah boi yinny zow knockin up sona."

dramatic banana7/17/2015, 9:49:26 PM4 votes

But he isn't chinese, he's demacian.

Malicious Fury4/28/2016, 7:49:16 PM3 votes

Shin

Jow

Remlap12237/17/2015, 6:53:03 AM3 votes

And that's why I didn't learn Chinese. Or French for that matter.

At least with Spanish I somewhat know how to pronounce shit. It's not that far off of English pronunciations.

Meanwhile French can have a ten syllable word and you only pronounce two parts of it.

Radnar the bold7/17/2015, 3:17:18 PM3 votes

actually in ancient times its pronounced ZIM ZAM WHATA WHAATA BING BANG ZOW

Focus Teemo7/18/2015, 2:55:08 PM2 votes

Pfft everyone knows its pronounced "Win Now"...

Shroom Junkie7/19/2015, 12:16:25 AM2 votes

Yay! I'm amazing. First time I read Xin Zhao's name I pronounced it that way and ever since. :3

BakedLotion7/17/2015, 6:44:12 PM2 votes

It's pronounced win-now