How many pronunciations does the word "he" have? What are they?
There are five pronunciations of the word "He" in mainland standard Putonghua (see Xinhua Dictionary): (1)hé (disyllabic, pronounced "He"), such as "You and Me"; (2)hè (four tones, pronounced as "harmony"), such as "Harmony Poetry"; (3)huó (two sounds, the sound is "live"), such as "dough mixing"; (4) Hu (four tones, sound "goods"), such as "harmony medicine"; (5)hú (two tones, pronounced "Hu"), such as playing mahjong "He".
Many words are pronounced differently from those in ancient times.
There are three specific situations:
The initials next to the voice have changed. Such as: scratch not to read ráo, read ná o.
The vowel next to this sound has changed. For example, pronounce w as w instead of w.
The initials and finals beside the sound have changed. For example, Sūng doesn't read gāo, s doesn't ng.
The following sentences will distinguish all the pronunciations of the word "He": it's warm (Huo), Xiao He (hé) is at home, (huó verb) washes clothes after wiping mud, fearing that it won't be clean, and even changed to three-in-one water; He speaks principles, never confuses others with right and wrong, never concurs with others (hè verbs), and never shouts "me and (hú)" at the mahjong table.
Not surprisingly, not only the word "he", but also some words in Taiwan Province Province are pronounced differently from those in Chinese mainland. The most common is French "Fa". We read the third sound and they read the fourth sound. Asia also has the word "Asia". We read the fourth sound and they read the third sound. Although the cultural origins of the two places are the same, due to historical reasons, there are some differences now, which is a common normal phenomenon.