How the heck do you pronounce "Meizu", anyway?

I got my SP Miniplayer 3 days ago, and am proudly showing off to anyone who doesn't run away fast enough. The only problem is that whenever I tell someone what it is I wonder if I'm pronouncing "Meizu" wrong.

When I was first trying to find my player, I called Dane-Elec trying to find a seller. They pronounced it as "May-zoo". The other two pronunciations that occur to my US English mindset are "Me-zoo" and "My-zoo".

Which is it? - - Am I completely wrong?

Right is Mey-zu.

Correct, its pronounced:

mey-zhu

lol. it's a good thing that in the Philippines, the words are pronounced as it's spelled so i had no trouble reading meizu. :D

Lol I just call it May-tsu, which is pretty much how a German pronounces Meizu

I would suggest mey-zoo (english)
But on the other hand every country has its own pronunciation

If you watch the advertisement that comes loaded on the miniplayer you hear how it is pronounced. or you can download it from http://en.meizu.com/downfile/meizuTV45.rar

Great idea FirePower! Here is a YouTube incase the download goes slow. Sounds like how it's written.

Thanks! I didn't have the benefit of the advertisement video. My player had nothing on it coming out of the box. I think it might have something to do with the Dane-Elec branding.

yep, that is the exact pronounciation, and if you happen to know chinese, the name is also the pin yin of the word

Sry for my lack of knowledge, but what is a "pin yin" of a word?

Originally Posted by G2.0

Sry for my lack of knowledge, but what is a "pin yin" of a word?

It's the romanization of Chinese characters.

LOL i just say mE-Zoo

pin yin pronunce: méi zhú (mandrine)
and: mei zhoc (cantonese)

魅 - 族
mei-zu

Originally Posted by uzer

pin yin pronunce: méi zhú (mandrine)
and: mei zhoc (cantonese)

魅 - 族
mei-zu

More like "mèi zú".

If you want to pronouce it correctly, it isnt MeiZu.
It is pronounced exactly as read here: "May Zhu"
May is pronounced in 4th tone (ˋ)
Zhu pronounced in 2nd tone. (ˊ)

Just spreads the confusion... because some people tend to pronounce "Mei" as "Mee" or "Mai". Correct is "May"

i'm a chineseman.i know the exact pronounciation of "meizu".in my opinion,it should be "may-zoo",just like"mey-zoo"

I reckon "Zoo" isn't the correct pronunciation. Because "Zoo" produces a "zuuuu" sound, where as "MeiZu"'s "Zu" is more of a Zhu sound (if you know how to say pig in chinese, it is the same pronunciation except in the 4th tone).

OK to clear things up, say "Jew" and "Zoo" one after another, really fast. You should be able to pronounce it in such a way that the "w" in "jew" disappears, so it becomes more like "je-oo". Confusing? btw You have to say "Jew" and "Zoo" really fast, really really fast the get this effect. If you say it slowly, you will get a zoo full of jews. :O

There are surprisingly many wrong guesses in this thread. Actually only Err0r the Administrator gets the pronunciation right. But since even the English dude in the Meizu video can't pronounce it right, I guess it's with good reason.

As Err0r said, the romanization is "mèizú". The first part is pronounced as "May" the month, but in a falling tone, like you're stressing it. The second part is a little more difficult, but think of "zoo" with a "d" in front of it. So actually you can think of the whole word as "made zoo", but don't overdo the d.

The meaning of the word is not obvious to a Dane like me, but it roughly translates to "cool people".

Right... all these non-chinese people trying to teach us to speak chinese? Nonsense.