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# How to pronounce Qwen vs Kimi

Two of China's top consumer chatbots. Qwen (Alibaba, 通义千问) is a single syllable "KWEN" — rhymes with "when." Kimi (Moonshot) is two syllables "KEE-mee." Both are designed to read easily in English, but Qwen routinely gets spelled out as Q-W-E-N.

qwen /kwɛn/ — kwen
kimi /ˈkiː mi/ — KEE mee

## Side-by-side

| qwen | kimi
--- | --- | ---
IPA | `/kwɛn/` | `/ˈkiː mi/`
Respelling | kwen | KEE mee
Category | product | product
Confidence | creator-clarified | community-consensus

Open the full dictionary entry for sources and alternate readings: qwen · kimi.

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