輔音/子音
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IPA |
範例 |
漢語描述
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b
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buy, cab |
濁音的b;閩南語「閩」
| d
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dye, cad |
濁音的d;吳語「甜」
| ð
|
thy, breathe, father |
無此音
| dʒ
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giant, badge, jam |
無此音;衢州話「陳」
| f
|
phi, caff, fan |
同漢語f
| ɡ (ɡ)[1] |
guy, bag |
濁音的g;閩南語「五」、吳語「共」
| h
|
high, ahead |
喉音的h;閩南語和粵語的「海」
| j
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yes, yacht |
同漢語y
| k
|
sky, crack |
同漢語g或k
| l
|
lie, sly, gal |
同漢語l
| m
|
my, smile, cam |
同漢語m
| n
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nigh, snide, can |
同漢語n
| ŋ
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sang, sink, singer |
同漢語ng
| ŋɡ
|
finger, anger
| θ
|
thigh, math |
無此音
| p
|
pie, spy, cap |
同漢語b或p
| r
|
rye, try, very[2] |
類似r或兒化音
| s
|
sigh, mass |
同漢語s
| ʃ
|
shy, cash, emotion |
類似漢語xu
| t
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tie, sty, cat, atom |
同漢語d或t
| tʃ
|
China, catch |
類似漢語qu
| v
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vie, have |
濁音的f;吳語「飯」
| w
|
wye, swine |
同漢語w
| hw
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why[3] | z
|
zoo, has |
濁音的s
| ʒ
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pleasure, vision, beige[4] |
無此音;衢州話「床」
| 罕见輔音
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x
|
ugh, loch, Chanukah[5] |
同漢語h
| ʔ
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uh-oh /ˈʌʔoʊ/ |
「西安」的「安」的開頭
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元音/母音
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IPA |
完全元音 |
……後面接 R
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ɑː
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baht, father
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ɑr
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bard, barn, snarl, star(/ɑːr./ 亦可)
| ɒ
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pod, John, doll
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ɒr
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moral, forage
| æ
|
pad, shall, ban
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ær
|
barrow, marry
| aɪ
|
ride, file, fine, pie
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aɪər
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fire (/aɪr./)
| aʊ
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loud, foul, down, how
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aʊər
|
hour (/aʊr./)
| ɛ
|
bed, fell, men
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ɛr
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error, merry
| eɪ
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made, fail, vein, pay
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ɛər
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scared, scarce, cairn, Mary (/eɪr./)
| ɪ
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lid, fill, bin
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ɪr
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mirror, Sirius
| iː
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seed, feel, mean, sea
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ɪər
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beard, fierce, serious (/iːr./)
| ɔː
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Maud, dawn, fall, straw
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ɔr
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born, for, aural (/ɔːr./)
| ɔɪ
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void, foil, coin, boy
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ɔɪər
|
loir, coir (/ɔɪr./)
| oʊ
|
code, foal, bone, go
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ɔər
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boar, more, oral (/oʊr./)
| ʊ
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good, full, woman
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ʊr
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courier
| uː
|
food, fool, soon, chew
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ʊər
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boor, moor, tourist (/uːr./)
| juː
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cued, cute, mule, tune, queue
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jʊər
|
cure
| ʌ
|
mud, dull, gun
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ʌr
|
borough, hurry
| ɜr
|
word, girl, fern, furry (/ɝː/)
| 弱化元音
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ə
|
Rosa’s, a mission
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ər
|
perform(/ɚ/ 亦可)
| ɨ
|
roses, emission (ɪ 或 ə)
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ən
|
button
| ɵ
|
omission (oʊ 或 ə)
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əm
|
rhythm
| ʉ
|
beautiful, curriculum ([jʉ]) (ʊ 或 ə)
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əl
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bottle
| i
|
serious (ɪ 或 iː)
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ᵊ, ⁱ
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(元音經常弱化:nasturtium)
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| 重音
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音節劃分
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IPA |
範例
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IPA |
範例
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ˈ
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intonation /ˌɪntɵˈneɪʃən/, battleship /ˈbætəlʃɪp/
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shellfish /ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/, selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɨʃ/ nitrate /ˈnaɪ.treɪt/, night-rate /ˈnaɪt.reɪt/ hire /ˈhaɪər/, higher /ˈhaɪ.ər/ moai /ˈmoʊ.aɪ/, Windhoek /ˈvɪnt.hʊk/ Vancouveria /væn.kuːˈvɪəriə/
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