How to pronounce Mixue

Mixue (the bubble tea and ice cream chain) is 蜜雪冰城 in Chinese, written Mìxuěbīngchéng in pinyin and said mee-shweh-beeng-chung.

蜜雪冰城 Mìxuěbīngchéng

mee-shweh-beeng-chung

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蜜mìmeeFourth tone: falling sharply
雪xuěshwehThird tone: low, dipping down
冰bīngbeengFirst tone: high and level
城chéngchungSecond tone: rising, as in a question

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X is said like the sh in “she”, with the tongue behind the bottom teeth. Never “z” or “ks”.
Ü (written u after j, q, x and y) is “ee” said with rounded lips, like the u in French “tu”.
E alone is the “uh” in “duh”, not “ee” or “eh”.

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How do you pronounce Mixue?

Mixue (the bubble tea and ice cream chain) is 蜜雪冰城 in Chinese, written Mìxuěbīngchéng in pinyin and said mee-shweh-beeng-chung.

What are the tones in Mixue?

mì: fourth tone, falling sharply; xuě: third tone, low, dipping down; bīng: first tone, high and level; chéng: second tone, rising, as in a question.

What do English speakers get wrong in Mixue?

X is said like the sh in “she”, with the tongue behind the bottom teeth. Never “z” or “ks”. Ü (written u after j, q, x and y) is “ee” said with rounded lips, like the u in French “tu”. E alone is the “uh” in “duh”, not “ee” or “eh”.

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