51吃瓜

The Dictionary.com Unabridged Phonetic Respelling Key

Pronunciations written in phonetic respelling form are intended to be used by native speakers of English. This chart will tell you how to read the pronunciation symbols.

In phonetic respellings, the primary stressed syllable is indicated by [听bold type听], as in newspaper听[听nooz-pey-per听] and information听[听in-fer-mey-shuhn听]. Syllables are separated with a hyphen [ – ].

 

Consonants [听b听] boy, baby, rob [听d听] do, ladder, bed [听f听] food, offer, safe [听g听] get, bigger, dog [听h听] happy, ahead [听j听] jump, budget, age [听k听] can, speaker, stick [听l听] let, follow, still [听m听] make, summer, time [听n听] no, dinner, thin [听ng听] singer, think, long [听p听] put, apple, cup [听r听] run, marry, far, store [听s听] sit, city, passing, face [听sh听] she, station, push [听t听] top, better, cat [听ch听] church, watching, nature, witch [听th听] thirsty, nothing, math [听th听] this, mother, breathe [听v听] very, seven, love [听w听] wear, away [听hw听] where, somewhat [听y听] yes, onion [听z听] zoo, easy, buzz [听zh听] measure, television, beige

Vowels [听a听] apple, can, hat [听ey听] aid, hate, day [听ah听] arm, father, aha [听air听] air, careful, wear [听aw听] all, or, talk, lost, saw [听e听] ever, head, get [听ee听] eat, see, need [听eer听] ear, hero, beer [听er听] teacher, afterward, murderer [听i听] it, big, finishes [听ahy听] I, ice, hide, deny [听o听] odd, hot, waffle [听oh听] owe, road, below [听oo听] ooze, food, soup, sue [听oo听] good, book, put [听oi听] oil, choice, toy [听ou听] out, loud, how [听uh听] up, mother, mud [听uh听] about, animal, problem, circus [听ur听] early, bird, stirring

Foreign sounds [听a听] Fr. ami [听kh听] Scot. loch, Ger. ach or ich [听舱听] Fr. feu, Ger. sch枚n [听r听] Fr. au revoir, Yiddish rebbe [听uh听] Fr. oeuvre [听y听] Fr. tu, Ger. 眉ber

Sample nasalized vowels [听an听] Fr. bien [听ahn听] Fr. croissant [听awn听] Fr. bon [听舱n听] Fr. parfum [听in听] Port. Pr墨苍cipe