I wrote you probably a month ago on a question about predestination. Since then I have done a lot of research reading your works as well as the works of Luther, Calvin, and opposing views such as Wesley. I have come to believe fully in the idea of predestination and the rejection of free will. Armed with these truths I feel as though the veil of the gospel has been lifted and I can see everything in a new light. Thank you for your writings and support.

I often recommend your works to friends at school but I fear I pronounce your name incorrectly. How exactly is it pronounced?

Thank you for your comments.  

"Cheung" is not pronounced "Chung," but the "e" gives it almost an "urn" sound in the middle, so it sounds like "Churng."

I did a quick search and one person explains it thus:

Pronounce Cheung like this…
Cheeeee-yung, Cheee-ung

Another person just says:

No one in the West knows how to pronounce "Cheung."

I think that "Churng" is probably the closest.

If someone reading this can explain it better, please let me know.

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A reader wrote in to offer some help:

I've gotta confess I'm only 80% sure I know how to say it.

But if it is Cheee-yung:

Try explaining it as "eel" whith a Ch and and ng, and no l.

Eel and seal and meal don't rhyme with meat. its pronounced more like — "i-yah’l," so my understanding is cheung — chi-yah'ng

"eel" was used a singing/vocal exercise. you had to say it as if it had a H in front of it, without actucly pronounce the H. Which does have the added bonus of making you look incredibly retarded (maybe it wasn't an exercise after all…). Also works with eat.

Thanks.

The thing is that I don't know if Cheee-yung is entirely accurate in the first place. Cheee-yung is probably the second closest thing to the proper pronunciation, and for this sound, "chi-yah'ng" (what you have given) is very good.

We are aiming at a Cantonese pronounciation, though, and so I think there has to be the "urn" sound in there. If you know someone who speaks Cantonese, ask him to say it and you will know what I mean. In Cantonese, it makes the same sound as the counter for something broad and flat, like the "sheet of" in "a sheet of paper."

What I can't figure out is how to represent this sound. Perhaps something like — Zzzeee-urn or Gi-eee-urn. It is probably written in any book that teaches Cantonese to English speakers, but I will have to look it up.

 

Update:

Now you can just listen to this MP3 sample to hear the correct pronounciation.

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