question about the mandarin pinyin "y"?

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2019-01-11 2:58 am

I know the number one is pronounced "yi1". But when I hear native Chinese people say it, the say "ee" as in queen instead, like the "y" sound is silent.

Why don't they pronounce the y?

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Simon

2019-01-11 11:00 pm

✔ 最佳答案

Yes, it is indeed true. There are few Chinese words, its pronunciations are varied depending on the phonetic tone of the word that follows.
And 一(1) is the case.
1 could have different tones as follows.
1. 一(1) + word with tone 1, 2 or 3, then 1 should be pronounced with tone 4
2. 一(1) + word with tone 4, then 1 should be pronounced with tone 2.
3. When 一(1) is preceded by 第:
第一天(the first day)、第一名(the number one)、第一個(the fir one), then一 (1) should be pronounced with no tone.
And for example, in military, when sergeants shout out commands using 1, 2, 3, 4 etc., I think the tones are also varied.

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