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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "नीचे" in Hindi?
NEE-chay — a dental n, a long ee, an unaspirated ch, and a flat long e at the end.
neeche
The main risk to the rhythm is the English habit of gliding the final e upward, which makes the second syllable sound longer and less stable than it should. Otherwise the two long vowels sit evenly and nothing needs emphasising.
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Hear it in a sentence
बैग मेज़ के नीचे है।
Baig mez ke neeche hai.
The bag is under the table.
Listen: बैग मेज़ के नीचे है।
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"Baig mez ke neeche hai" uses ke neeche as a compound postposition, so mez takes ke before it — the same oblique pattern as ke liye and ke saath. Mez ends in a nuqta ज़, giving a buzz right before the k.
Where English speakers slip
English ch is aspirated enough to nudge च toward छ, and the final vowel picks up a closing glide. Both are subtle, but together they make the word sound foreign. Release the affricate dry and freeze the tongue for the last vowel.