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How to pronounce yuan in American English
“yuan” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to yuan the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“yuan” in real sentences — American speakers
78 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Georgia Yuan: I'll start again.
The Obama White House
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I just wanna make sure we introduce you as Yuan C.
NIH
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Special thanks to Kai Yuan Yang for the Discovery Files I'm Nate podcast.
NSF
Words that sound like “yuan”
Words one sound away from yuan — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
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