Talk:Zhuge/@comment-107.0.13.2-20160317120035/@comment-25460996-20160317151734

It's weirdly pronounced if you've never done any Chinese before.

The "zh" is pronounced as a mixture between "ch" and "j". The "u" is pronounced as a "yoo", but held a little for more of a "yoo". And the "ge" is pronounced as a "guh", but with the "uh" sounds raised, like you're asking a question in a sentence.

So it's a weird chjyooguh, which is about the closest I can get it phonetically in English.