How do you pronounce hi-yah?

The recorded pronunciation is /haɪˈjɑː/.

hi-yah

/haɪˈjɑː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

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"She leaped down beside him and took a karate stance. “Hi-yah!” she shouted. She kicked as high as she could, first with one foot, then with the other."
"I double over and hear a karate ninja sound. “Hi Yah!” A sharp chop to my neck brings me down to the floor. What just happened?"

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How to pronounce hi-yah

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