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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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