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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "चाबी" in Hindi?
CHAA-bee — an unaspirated ch released dry, a long open aa, a plain b, and a long ee.
chaabee
One of the easier words rhythmically: no clusters, no aspiration, no retroflexion. All that matters is keeping both vowels at full length and neither consonant breathy.
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Hear it in a sentence
मुझे घर की चाबी नहीं मिल रही।
Mujhe ghar kee chaabee naheeṁ mil rahee.
I can't find the house key.
Listen: मुझे घर की चाबी नहीं मिल रही।
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"Mujhe ghar kee chaabee naheeṁ mil rahee" uses kee because chaabee is feminine, and rahee agrees with it too. Ghar's breathy घ and mujhe's breathy झ mean the sentence has two aspirated voiced consonants before you reach the plain ones in chaabee.
Where English speakers slip
A small puff on the affricate nudges च toward छ, and the final vowel gets reduced under English rhythm. Release the ch dry and hold the ee as long as the aa. Adding breath to the b by over-correction is the third risk.