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Lie hør!

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Lie hør! 🔊 Human Template:Tts2 (lie hQr; 你好; lit. "you good"; hello)

How do I say this?

  • Lee (high tone, #1) + huh (shouting out tone, #2)
  • Note: this is a straightforward colloquial greeting.
MTL MTLN POJ similar to written tone English
lie 🔊 li2 lí lee shouting out tone (#2) you
hør 🔊 hQ2 hó huh shouting out tone (#2) good

In this sentence, lie 🔊 in writing is converted to ly 🔊 (high tone, #1) in speech due to tone sandhi.

Variants

  • Lie hør`bøo?: Are you okay?
  • Lirn hør!: Hello you (plural)!

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