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# How to pronounce "deshi" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/dʃɪ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **de·shi**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho
- **NOUN**: disciple, mentee, follower
  - *Example*: "At eight years of age Kichitaro[u] was placed as disciple (_deshi_) at the Jo[u]shinji of Fukagawa."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "deshi" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Victoria Stewart Crown. Raphael Mattos DeCumnia. Lauren Deshilly. Elizabeth Donhopple. Brent Danner. Taylor James Davidson."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 85:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLbZoZ27NjM&t=5157s)

### Example 2
> "Slightly deshielded by two oxygen atoms on the neighboring carbon."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 41:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdWIAIdSko&t=2488s)

### Example 3
> "partially deshielded and because it is really small, this hydrogen actually will kind of see the oxygen atoms on"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 29:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8QoJojEklw&t=1780s)

### Example 4
> "culture and history the house deshita collects objects that became part of Westermann life after 1945 among them are the limousine of West Germany's first Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and the parliamentarians first benches in shares once sat on by home at"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdSfPNNp3M8&t=106s)

### Example 5
> "So it's deshielded by two oxygen atoms on the same carbon."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 42:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdWIAIdSko&t=2554s)

### Example 6
> "So slightly deshielded by the oxygen."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 43:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdWIAIdSko&t=2609s)

### Example 7
> "But it's slightly deshielded by the oxygen atom there-- so I copied that from here."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 45:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdWIAIdSko&t=2711s)

### Example 8
> "Will it be deshielding?"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 48:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVJtYJMCN9M&t=2917s)

### Example 9
> "So this one is deshielded the most."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 39:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea2YTXJrhkM&t=2358s)

### Example 10
> "And so it's not deshielded as much."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 40:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea2YTXJrhkM&t=2404s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "deshi" correctly?
"deshi" is pronounced `/dʃɪ/`. Syllable breakdown: **de·shi**.

### What does "deshi" mean in context?
a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho

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