How to pronounce zen
Listen to zen in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“zen” in real sentences
648 clips in the index · 9 American · 55 British · 5 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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- I am a Zen practitioner and I'm an ordained Zen priest, and I'm a Zen
Big Think · hear it here
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>> you. Question four, Zen Gani.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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And I really remember when I saw that take tape, sorry, from Zen, Zen McGrath.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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the UK and she had been involved with Zen so Perkin box Zen um explicit you
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of zen. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.