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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "표" in Korean?
pyo. One syllable: an aspirated ㅍ with a real burst of air, running into a y-glide and a rounded ㅗ.
pyo
A lone beat. Three articulations happen inside it, which is why learners stretch it, and the aspiration at the front is the only thing a listener has to identify the word by.
Listen: 표
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Hear it in a sentence
표 두 장 주세요.
Pyo du jang juseyo.
Two tickets, please.
Listen: 표 두 장 주세요.
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표 두 장 주세요 uses the counter 장 after 두, and none of the words in the request contains a batchim, so the whole phrase runs without a single closure until the final 요.
Where English speakers slip
Splitting the word into 'pee-yo' adds a syllable, and under-aspirating gives 뵤 or 뾰, neither of which is the word -- push real air and keep it to one beat. Flattening the ㅗ is the third error, and it robs the syllable of the rounding that ends it.