Character name pronunciations?

Does anyone have like a mass pronunciation guide for names in genshin?

I just want to know how the characters names are pronounced since they are often mispronounced in the EN dub

If not you can write pronunciations you do know and I'll try to compile them in a Google doc or something

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Obvious-Childhood9102026-01-17 18:14

EN names are completely localized. So you'll find entirely different names in CN and in JP. You can check out the genshin wiki for each character's names in CN, JP, etc. I'm not sure if character names are included in genshin dictionaries though.

You'll still find names mispronounced because English is weird

zoulou14022026-01-17 18:48

While I am aware of that they still have proper pronunciation even if in different language.

And I briefly skimmed some genshin dictionaries and they don't seem to include any names

Obvious-Childhood9102026-01-17 19:47

Then Check out the genshin wiki

frostN0VA2026-01-17 18:53

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zoulou14022026-01-17 19:22

Whatever language they originate from! Like Kaveh is a persian/Iranian name, Emilie French, Beidou Chinese...

DanLynch2026-01-17 18:57

>since they are often mispronounced in the EN dub

The way they are pronounced in the EN dub is, by definition, their correct English pronunciation.

zoulou14022026-01-17 19:15

I'm looking for their original pronunciation rather than the localized English one

chii_Say2026-01-17 21:01

The "original" names are the Chinese pronunciation. Even if a name is inspired by a real life name, taking inspiration from a specific region on Earth, they are now Teyvat names, their pronunciation is decided by the Chinese transliteration of them. It doesn't matter if Emilie is inspired by a French name, it's "French" pronunciation is irrelevant, the same for any other name that is not Chinese. Then each localization transliterated them following each language rules. You can look up the "source of inspiration" for each name and figure out their local pronunciation but it doesn't have to be the same in the game. A work of fiction is free to adapt names to its creator's will, and localizations do not necessarily have to follow the real world origin of fictional names.

t.l.d.r. there is no point in looking for a "true" pronunciation, every name used, no matter the inspiration, belongs to the fictional world of genshin, not the real world anymore. The correct pronunciation is the game pronunciation (Chinese).

turnup4wat2026-01-17 19:10

Why not check the wiki?

zoulou14022026-01-17 19:17

As far as I know the wiki doesn't include any pronunciation

fourrier012026-01-17 20:16

In what way you see something as "pronunciation"?

There are "casual"/"informal" one that might get stuffs across but inaccurate. There are accurate ones like IPA, but very few people can naturally read them.

875moT2026-01-17 19:41

At least for the chinese names, just look to youtube. It's not quite current, but a youtuber Ying released two videos pronouncing a lot of the Liyue characters and places from early genshin. Wouldn't surprise me if more people uploaded similar videos for other languages.