How to pronounce Xin?

"Xin" is a common chinese surname. The spelling accords with Pinyin, the modern phonetic symbols of chinese mandarin. This surname is spelled as "Hsin" or "Shin" in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other Chinese speaking areas.it is pronounced as "Sheen". i am a Chinese linguist in Shanghai, you can count on me. kroenen@163.com

The problem with Xin is that the X sound does not exist in English. The closest way to mimic this sound is to pronounce a "sh" sound and lift the middle of your tongue such that it is closest to your hard palate. Then pronounce the -in as "een"

First name

Chinese

Male, Female

In Chinese, "Xin" should be pronounced as the english word "sin", not "shin".

"SEEN"

Last name

Chinses

Male, Female

Many chinses words share the same pronunciation, but one of the most commonnly used words that has this pronunciation is 'heart'

Sin or siin should be the right pronouciation so whenever you see a 'x' in a chinses name, just take it as 's'

Sometimes even native Chinese people mispronounce it as 'shin', this is due to their accent, many Chinese actually cant speak perfect mandarin.

Last name

Chinses

Male, Female

Many chinses words share the same pronunciation, but one of the most commonnly used words that has this pronunciation is 'heart'

First name

Chinese

Male, Female

yi ying

yi ying

Female

yin

thayer

XiXi
Yan Zhang

Yan-xin