How do you pronounce the French word Rien?

The R is made by lightly clearing your throat. In the Word "rien" the R is followed by a vowel so it will probably be pronounced voiced rather than unvoiced, which means you hum a tiny bit while you say it instead of just making a scratching sound. (To better understand voiced/unvoiced, consider that our letters B, D, V, and Z are the voiced versions of the letters P, T, F, and S, respectively.) The I is like the letter Y in the Word "yes". The EN combination makes a nasal vowel that sounds like "eh". I always say that this vowel sounds like a quacking duck if you exaggerate it loudly. The French nasal vowels are made by passing the sound through your nose and mouth at the same time. If you touch the front of your nose while making a nasal vowel correctly, you can feel it vibrating. Rien rhymes with bien, tiens, lien, sien, and mien.