Phonetic Symbols Chart

p t k I s O j tj
b d g v z d
h I r w m n p j
i i: u: o ci ic co
c a: 5: o ai cc ao
c ac o: \ 5i oc





Consonants
/p/ pen /pen/ /b/ bet /bet/ /h/ how /hao/
/t/ ten /ten/ /d/ den /den/ /l/ leg /leg/
/k/ cat /kact/ /g/ got /got/ /r/ red /red/
/f/ fall /I5:I/ /v/ vet /vet/ /w/ wet /wet/
/s/ s /sco/ /z/ zoo /zu:/ /m/ man /macn/
/O/ think /Oipk/ // this /is/ /n/ no /nco/
/j/ shirt /ja:t/ // vision /vicn/ /p/ sing /sip/
/tj/ chin /tjin/ /d/ gin /din/ /j/ young /j\p/


Vowels
/i/ bit /bit/ /5:/ saw /s5:/
/i:/ see /si:/ /o/ got /got/
/u:/ too /tu:/ /e/ ten /ten/
/o/ put /pot/ /ac/ pan /pacn/
/c/ ago /c'gco/ /o:/ father /Io:c/
/a:/ shirt /ja:t/ /\/ cup /k\p/


Diphthongs
/ci/ page /pcid/ /cc/ hair /hcc/
/ic/ near /nic/ /ao/ now /nao/
/co/ so /sco/ /5i/ join /d5in/
/ai/ five /Iaiv/ /oc/ pure /pjoc/


You can listen to the sounds of the English language at the Virtual Language Site:
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/pronunciation/

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