How to pronounce Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping (China’s president) is 习近平 in Chinese, written Xíjìnpíng in pinyin and said shee-jeen-peeng.

习近平 Xíjìnpíng

shee-jeen-peeng

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X is said like the sh in “she”, with the tongue behind the bottom teeth. Never “z” or “ks”.

Xi Jinping (China’s president) is 习近平 in Chinese, written Xíjìnpíng in pinyin and said shee-jeen-peeng.

xí: second tone, rising, as in a question; jìn: fourth tone, falling sharply; píng: second tone, rising, as in a question.

X is said like the sh in “she”, with the tongue behind the bottom teeth. Never “z” or “ks”.

Voices recorded for our word cards. A spelling such as “shyow-mee” is the nearest English sound, not the sound itself: hear the voices.