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How to pronounce chien

“chien” pronunciation in American and British English

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“chien” in real sentences

44 clips in the index · 5 American · 3 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. Meir Soloveichik, Katrina Lantos Swett, Christopher Tollefsen, and David Tse-Chien Pan.

    State Department

  2. world's best experimentalists, Chien-Shiung Wu, also known as Madame Wu.

    Veritasium

  3. let him take on the task of guarding the northern Grand formation unknown mountains Chien Kuan

    Doraemon Recap

  4. in Prairie du Chien was light rain scattered a nineteen hundred feet old vine close temperature

    FAA

Words that sound like “chien”

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Why real speech

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