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From :   poetswolf1985

Date : 2008-03-31 / 11:07AM

Why is 1 pronounced ‘yao’ and not ‘yi?’

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 Janeth, Janeth Flores Victoria hotmail.com 
2008-03-31 / 11:19AM

A teacher told me that Chinese say “yao” instead of “yi” (1) when giving one’s phone number or another type of referencial number, in order not to confuse it with the pronunciation “qi” (7)
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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-03-31 / 04:41PM

Perfect answer

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