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吗什么在哪儿？谁听不懂请再说一遍怎么说？

提问 · Asking & not getting it

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polite

请再说一遍

qǐngzàishuōyíbiàn

Please say that once more

Sounds roughly like cheeng zigh shwaw ee byen

As spoken

一 changes tone by what follows. Before a 4th tone it is spoken yí: yí biàn, yí gè, yí kuài.

Literal meaning

  • 请

    qǐng

    please

  • 再

    zài

    again

  • 说

    shuō

    to speak

  • 一遍

    yí biàn

    one time through

please · again · speak · one · time

How to pronounce it

  • 请

    qǐng

    qing3

    33rd · dipping

    Dip. Softens the request.

  • 再

    zài

    zai4

    44th · falling

    Fall on “eye”.

  • 说

    shuō

    shuo1

    11st · high

    Retroflex sh + “waw”, high. The everyday verb “to say”.

  • 一

    yí

    yi2

    22nd · rising

    一 is yī alone, yí before a 4th tone, yì before 1st/2nd/3rd. Here 遍 is 4th, so yí.

  • 遍

    biàn

    bian4

    44th · falling

    b + “yen”, fall. A measure for “one pass / one telling”.

In real life

请再说一遍，好吗？

Qǐng zài shuō yí biàn, hǎo ma?

Please say it once more, okay?