How do you correctly pronounce yin and yang in American English? Especially the "yang" part because I hear it pronounced as it's spelled and also I think I've heard it like "yong".
If you use IPA please also give some rhyming words because IPA doesn't practically help me.
Best Answer
yang(in American English) is pronounced somewhere between "yang" (rhyming with bang) and "yong" (rhyming with bong). Think of the first sound in the word "yacht", then add a "ng" at the end. That's as close as it's going to get. But it isn't really a pure "-ong" sound.But if that's tricky, you can say it as rhymes with "bang" or "bong". No one will mind too much.