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Pay first or pay after eating? (2 real-life Taiwanese Mandarin expression)
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Pay first or pay after eating? (2 real-life Taiwanese Mandarin expression)

โ€œ่ฆๅ…ˆ็ตๅธณๅ—Ž?โ€ and โ€œๅƒๅฎŒๅ†ไป˜ๅฐฑๅฅฝโ€ theyโ€™re real-life Taiwanese Mandarin expressions, but for some reason, theyโ€™re not taught in textbooks. :( I guess thatโ€™s part of the reason why many learners struggle to understand Taiwanese clerks.

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How to Pronounce "ๅ’Œ"? ใ„ใ„ขห‹ (hร n) Fourth Tone or ใ„ใ„œหŠ (hรฉ) Second Tone? ใ€Œๅ’Œใ€ๆ€Ž้บผ็™ผ้Ÿณ? ๅ››่ฒ้‚„ๆ˜ฏไบŒ่ฒ?
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How to Pronounce "ๅ’Œ"? ใ„ใ„ขห‹ (hร n) Fourth Tone or ใ„ใ„œหŠ (hรฉ) Second Tone? ใ€Œๅ’Œใ€ๆ€Ž้บผ็™ผ้Ÿณ? ๅ››่ฒ้‚„ๆ˜ฏไบŒ่ฒ?

Q:ใ€Œๅ’Œใ€ๆ€Ž้บผ็™ผ้Ÿณ?

ใ„ใ„ขห‹ (hร n)ๅ››่ฒ้‚„ๆ˜ฏใ„ใ„œหŠ (hรฉ)ไบŒ่ฒ?

How to Pronounce "ๅ’Œ"? ใ„ใ„ขห‹ (hร n) Fourth Tone

or ใ„ใ„œหŠ (hรฉ) Second Tone?

ไฝ ่ฆบๅพ—ๅ‘ข?

What do you think?

I often get asked this by my course students,

and I'm surprised that many learners tend to pronounce ๅ’Œ ใ„ใ„œหŠ hรฉ.

While thatโ€™s understandable, itโ€™s not common in everyday spoken Mandarin, at least not in Taiwan.

A:ใ€Œๅ’Œใ€้€™ๅ€‹้Ÿณ๏ผŒๅฃ่ชžๆˆ‘ๅ€‘้€šๅธธ่ชชใ„ใ„ขห‹

In speaking, we almost always pronounce ๅ’Œ

as ใ„ใ„ขห‹ hร n.

If youโ€™re speaking with Taiwanese locals, friends, or family, just stick with ใ„ใ„ขห‹ hร n.

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwanese Culture|ๆœˆ่€ (God of love) yuelaoใ„ฉใ„ห‹ใ„Œใ„ ห‡ | Why Taiwanese people are crazy about it?
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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwanese Culture|ๆœˆ่€ (God of love) yuelaoใ„ฉใ„ห‹ใ„Œใ„ ห‡ | Why Taiwanese people are crazy about it?

Yuelao, plays an important role in Taiwanese culture. Young people in Taiwan are particularly enthusiastic about praying to Yuelao in temple. Many seek his blessings to find true love or improve their relationships.

I often worsip Yuelao and I talked about it in my YT video when I visited to Longshan temple). Be sure to go there when you travel to Taiwan.

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