How to pronounce'beta'? 'BAY ta' or 'BI ta' ? Thank you.
Beta
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I would say my pronunciation is more like, bay-du. I get lazy on the 't' so it sounds more like a 'd'.
In the United States, it is BAY-ta ("ay" in "day" or "ey" in "they")...In Britain, it is BI-ta or BEE-ta ("e" vowel as in "beet" or "delete").
Other Greek letters with the "e" vowel (e.g. ETA, THETA, etc.) also exhibit these differing pronunciations. As Wikipedia says, "The Commonwealth [British] pronunciation is more naturalised [to English] than the American, which is more in keeping with the ancient Greek." Interesting, modern Greek uses a vowel closer to the British pronunciation, as opposed to ancient Greek or American English.
see:
Wikipedia article "American_and_British_English_differences#Slight_lexical_differences"
Other Greek letters with the "e" vowel (e.g. ETA, THETA, etc.) also exhibit these differing pronunciations. As Wikipedia says, "The Commonwealth [British] pronunciation is more naturalised [to English] than the American, which is more in keeping with the ancient Greek." Interesting, modern Greek uses a vowel closer to the British pronunciation, as opposed to ancient Greek or American English.
see:
Wikipedia article "American_and_British_English_differences#Slight_lexical_differences"
I see. Thank you. 
Two ways:DPR said:Bu yong xie.
(Come si dice questo in lingua cantonese?
1 唔駛 m4 sai2
2 唔駛客氣 m4 sai2 haak3 hei3
The first one means' no need'.
The second one is similar to'You are welcome' in English.