Difference between revisions of "Lai"

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Composition

Initial: l-
Final: -ai
May be confused with
Difficulty for English speakers

Low
Can be written
- Pinyin: lai
- IPA: [laɪ̯]
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄞ
- Wade-Giles: lai
Linguistic description

voiced dental approximant
low central unrounded
diphthong

The pinyin "lai" is a Mandarin Chinese syllable. It is composed of the initial "l-" and the final "-ai". [[ipa::[laɪ̯]| ]]