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'''Lie hør!''' ([[MTL]]: Lie hQr; [[Harnji]]: 你好; lit. "you good")...hello!
'''Lie hør!''' ([[MTL]]: [http://s93617118.onlinehome.us/mtl/MTLtoolbox/MTLTTSfast.php?q=Lie-hQr! Lie hQr]; [[Harnji]]: 你好; lit. "you good")...hello!


"Lie" (like 'Lee' in falling tone) means "you". "Hør" (like 'huh' in falling tone) means "good". The "ø" in "hør" can be replaced with a "Q", yielding "hQr".  
"Lie" (like 'Lee' in falling tone) means "you". "Hør" (like 'huh' in falling tone) means "good". The "ø" in "hør" can be replaced with a "Q", yielding "hQr".  


Due to [[tone sandhi]], the phrase "Lie hQr" is pronounced with "lie" in the high tone.
Due to [[tone sandhi]], the phrase "Lie hQr" is pronounced with "lie" in the high tone.

Revision as of 14:24, 11 December 2011

Lie hør! (MTL: Lie hQr; Harnji: 你好; lit. "you good")...hello!

"Lie" (like 'Lee' in falling tone) means "you". "Hør" (like 'huh' in falling tone) means "good". The "ø" in "hør" can be replaced with a "Q", yielding "hQr".

Due to tone sandhi, the phrase "Lie hQr" is pronounced with "lie" in the high tone.