[tʰɛ.hjʌn ɾiː]

While I'm not overly particular about the pronunciation of my name, here's a brief guide for those who'd like to get it right.

• Tae is pronounced [tʰɛ], with the 'T' sound as in 'team' [tʰiːm] and rhyming with 'meh' [mɛ].

• Hyun is pronounced [hjʌn]. Think of 'shun' [ʃʌn] but with a [h] sound at the beginning instead.

• Lee is supposed to be pronounced as [ɾiː], but you can pronounce it like the English name 'Lee' [liː], as the [ɾ] sound can be complex to explain.
  (In Korea, this surname comes before the given name, and we pronounce it as [iː] without the [ɾ] sound in South Korea.)

Thanks to a K-pop idol with the same given name, you can hear Google's take on its pronunciation here. Just a heads up—Google offers both British and American pronunciations of my Korean name, but not a Korean one!

For a Korean pronunciation, below is an AI-created version by CLOVA Dubbing of Naver (the Korean equivalent of Google):

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