Liyue Characters: Pronunciation Guide (Genshin Impact)

Timestamps below!

Just a video I filmed really quick because friends wanted a guide. I nerd out a little bit over Zhongli and Guizhong's names but then I speedrun through the rest sorry LOL I hope this helps!

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Liyue
2:02 - Zhongli
2:59 - Guizhong
3:44 - Xingqiu
3:57 - Chongyun
4:08 - Beidou
4:16 - Ningguang
4:43 - Qiqi
4:47 - Keqing
5:03 - Xiangling
5:09 - Xiao

I started this game not even a month ago and I've already spent $130 and hit AR 39 what is this hell let me out LET ME OUT I'm not ready for world 5

#Genshin #Liyue #Zhongli

[if]

Me trying these with my Russian accent

You may laugh me now but wait till' Snezhnaya comes

[narfoshin]

“Let’s speed run the rest.”
Me still on the yué part of liyue: wait no

[PlutoIsntReal_]

Literally thank you, I've been calling my Xingqiu the "Water Sword Twink" for months

[dimitri]

For those who don’t know, Snezhnaya is commonly mispronounced as “shnezh-NA-ya” it’s actually pronounced as “SNYEZH-naya” meaning “Snowy” in Russian.

[rulzruhulz]

Meanwhile other people pronouncing Diluc

"Die Luck"

Edit : Didn't notice my comment got a lot of likes. I actually pulled 3× diluc since i last posted this lol thanks for the luck i guess

[eanowo]

me: studied chinese for 8 years
also me: pronounces everything wrong

[drummwill]

i am one of the recording and editing engineers for genshin, and you have no idea how much we struggle to get the english VO people to pronounce “liyue” properly, to the point that we have different ways of explaining the sound yue to people 🙃

[jjjules]

For the people that don't already know, Genshin Impact is originally a Chinese game, not Japanese.

[neitoroxviii]

4:17 "Níng guāng, this one might be a little harder"

Me a Latinoamericano: *Laughs in Ñ*

[luciandelle]

Me, a bilingual: lets learn all accents of the 7 nations because I really have nothing to do

[turmat]

4:08 Something Ying hasn't talked about here (but obviously, pronounced correctly). We have 2x 3rd tones in a row. When that happens, the first one is changed to a second (rising) tone. This is why she pronounces Bei3 as it was Bei2 instead.

[longninjakat]

Shows how to pronounce Chongyun properly

My entire genshin life: cHoNgYoUnG

[James-May]

Her: [correct pronounciation of Zhong Li]
Her: 😊
Me: [after several bastardizing attempts]
Me: *Chum Lee*

[方永祺]

As a native Chinese speaker, I would like to add a few points here：
钟离 Zhōng lí is an old Chinese family name, The origin of the surname Zhongli can be directly traced back to the Song state built by Song Weizi in the Spring and Autumn period, which is a descendant of the surname Shang Tang(Founding monarchs of the Shang Dynasty).
归终 GuiZhong, The real meaning is more inclined to "End of Life" "final destination"or"return to the end"
行秋 Xingqiu：Walking in the fall
重云chongyun ：Cascading clouds
北斗 Beidou：This name comes from the seven stars of the Big Dipper, , Ancient China attaches great importance to the seven stars of the Big Dipper, The change in the direction of the Big Dipper's handle is used as one of the signs to determine the seasons.
凝光 NingGuang：Congeal light
魈 Xiao：Name of a type of demon whose form is large at the top and small at the bottom, Usually have only one leg.

[MsBookKnight]

I love how you explain how to “wrap your mouth around” the pronunciation, it is super helpful thank you!

[__dane__]

“In terms of money... we have no money.”

Zhong Li is a true legend

[saltysnowbrid]

mandarin: *has 4 tones*
people: its hard
Cantonese: am i a joke to you?
_cantonese has 9 tones_

[grannys_sinister_corn_matrix]

I love how patient you are with explaining this to those of us to whom these tones are a new concept! You have big "Cool Elementary School Teacher" energy, haha!

[ChineseForUsOfficial]

Haha I was randomly watching Tuonto's vid reacting to this and I noticed the tone chart looked familiar lol, Thank you for crediting us, we really appreciate it! Also, thanks for spreading the correct pronunciations! hearing the voice actor saying "Yay Lawn" makes me die a little inside every time. I still give them credit, I'm sure they did their best!

[Thao-nathos]

My father: *makes me have 3 years of Chinese*
Me: oke
Genshin impact: *exists*
Me: my time to shine