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<!-- (Audio) Lin Yating: ér -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

--questions--

--text--

Which option matches the syllable you hear?

--answers--

hér

--feedback--

This doesn't exist in Pinyin.


ěr

--feedback--

This has a different tone from the audio.


ér


āi

--feedback--

This has a completely different final from the audio.

--video-solution--

3

--explanation--

The speaker pronounces the syllable ér, which consists of the special final er. It uses the second tone, which starts mid-level and rises to a high pitch.

--scene--

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