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Chinese Guide to English Phonetics

辅音/ CONSONANTS

p puppy
b baby
t tent
d daddy
k cork kiss chord
g gag guess
s so rice kiss
z cousin buzz
ʃ sheep sugar
ʒ pleasure beige
church
judge general
f farm raffle
v very rev
θ thin maths
ð that other
l little ball
r rat rare
m mummy comb
n no ran
ŋ singing bank
h hat reheat
x loch
  

半元音/ SEMIVOWELS

j yet
w wet
  

元音/ VOWELS

heel
ɪ hit pity
ε set tent
æ bat apple
ɑː after car calm
ʌ fun cousin
ə over above
əː urn fern work
ɔ wash pot
ɔː born cork
u full soot
pool lewd
  

双元音/ DIPHTHONGS

ɪə beer tier
εə tear fair there
date plaice day
life buy cry
au owl foul now
əu low no
ɔɪ boil boy oily
poor tour