How to pronounce Kuaishou
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Kuaishou is most commonly pronounced "kwai show" (/ˈkwaɪʃoʊ/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.
Kuaishou (快手, pinyin kuàishǒu, "quick hand") is the Chinese short-video company behind the Kling video model and the Kwai-Keye / KwaiVGI open models on Hugging Face. "Kuai" is one syllable that rhymes with "why" — which is exactly why the company's overseas brand is spelled Kwai — and "shou" rhymes with "show". So it is KWAI-show, not "koo-eye-shoo" or "KWAY-shoo".
Source: Wiktionary — 快手 (pinyin kuàishǒu, Sinological IPA /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/)
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How do you pronounce Kuaishou?
Kuaishou is pronounced "kwai show" (/ˈkwaɪʃoʊ/). Kuaishou (快手, pinyin kuàishǒu, "quick hand") is the Chinese short-video company behind the Kling video model and the Kwai-Keye / KwaiVGI open models on Hugging Face. "Kuai" is one syllable that rhymes with "why" — which is exactly why the company's overseas brand is spelled Kwai — and "shou" rhymes with "show". So it is KWAI-show, not "koo-eye-shoo" or "KWAY-shoo". Source: Wiktionary — 快手 (pinyin kuàishǒu, Sinological IPA /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/).
What is the IPA for Kuaishou?
The IPA for Kuaishou is /ˈkwaɪʃoʊ/, respelled "kwai show".
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