How to pronounce this?

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Sean

How to pronounce this?

Post by Sean »

May I know how to pronounce this in hokkien?

Word: 囉

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Andrew Yong

Re: How to pronounce this?

Post by Andrew Yong »

Probably 'lo' or something like that. 羅 is pronounced lo5, and the Taiwanese dictionary at http://daiwanway.dynip.com/cgi/tdict.acgi has 囉嗦 lo7-so1 (these may be sandhi tones - they use a strange romanisation) to mean talkative, verbose.

Can you give some context?
Sean

Re: How to pronounce this?

Post by Sean »

Hey thanks for the prompt response.

Just want to confirm the pronunciation of this word when I see this word in a buddhist mantra.

南無. 喝囉怛那. 哆囉夜耶.

I think it was pronounced as "nai". But I thought it was "lo" like what you have mentioned.

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