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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "ठीक" in Hindi?
ṬHEEK — the tongue tip curls back to the roof of the mouth for the first consonant, and it is released with a puff.
ṭheek
There is no accent to place in a monosyllable, and the aspiration already stretches the onset, so the length looks after itself. The interest in this word is entirely articulatory.
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मैं ठीक हूँ, धन्यवाद।
Maiṁ ṭheek hooṁ, dhanyavaad.
I'm fine, thank you.
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"Maiṁ ṭheek hooṁ, dhanyavaad" follows the retroflex aspirate with hooṁ's nasalized vowel and then dhanyavaad's breathy dental. Three of Hindi's signature features — retroflexion, nasalization, breathy voice — appear in one short reply.
Where English speakers slip
The default English rendering is "teek" with an alveolar t and either too little or the wrong kind of aspiration. Retroflexion is the priority: curl the tongue tip back until the position feels exaggerated, and only then add the puff. Without the curl the word sounds like a different consonant series entirely.