How do you pronounce yuan?

Answer 1

According to someone who is actually fluent in the language it is not "you-an", but rather more like "yren" (admittedly difficult for the American tongue).

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Answer 2

> yew- an.

This first answer is correct.

The 'an' as in "man". And the official Mandarin dialect which sounds exactly the

same is "yuan" where there is an automatic implication of two dots over the 'u'.

However, most modern Chinese people these days have adopted a 'bent' accent

resulting in;

yew- en (sounds like y + when)

They have adopted this accent because it is easier to pronounce and sounds much nicer.