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'''Lie hør!''' ([[MTL]]: [http://s93617118.onlinehome.us/mtl/MTLtoolbox/MTLTTSfast.php?q=Lie-hQr! 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 13:25, 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.