| 輔音／子音 |
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| IPA | 範例 | 漢語描述 |
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| b | buy, cab | 濁音的b；閩語閩東片「鞭」 | | d | dye, cad | 濁音的d；吳語「甜」 | | ð | thy, breathe, father | 胶辽官话登连片「即」 | | dʒ | 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；閩語閩南片「五」、吳語「共」 | | h | high, ahead | 喉音的h；閩語和粵語的「海」 | | j | 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 | nigh, snide, can | 同漢語n | | ŋ | 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 | tie, sty, cat, atom | 同漢語t | | tʃ | China, catch | 類似漢語qu | | v | vie, have | 濁音的f（注音符號ㄪ）；吳語「飯」 | | w | wye, swine | 同漢語w | | hw | why[3] | | z | zoo, has | 濁音的s | | ʒ | 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 | uh-oh/ˈʌʔoʊ/ | 「西安」的「安」的開頭 |
| | 元音／母音 |
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| IPA | 完全元音 | ……後面接 R |
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| ɑː | baht, father | ɑr | bard, barn, snarl, star（/ɑːr./ 亦可） | | ɒ | pod, John, doll | ɒr | moral, forage | | æ | pad, shall, ban | ær | barrow, marry | | aɪ | ride, file, fine, pie | aɪər | fire (/aɪr./) | | aʊ | loud, foul, down, how | aʊər | hour (/aʊr./) | | ɛ | bed, fell, men | ɛr | error, merry | | eɪ | made, fail, vein, pay | ɛər | scared, scarce, cairn, Mary (/eɪr./) | | ɪ | lid, fill, bin | ɪr | mirror, Sirius | | iː | seed, feel, mean, sea | ɪər | beard, fierce, serious (/iːr./) | | ɔː | Maud, dawn, fall, straw | ɔr | born, for,aural (/ɔːr./) | | ɔɪ | void, foil, coin, boy | ɔɪər | loir, coir (/ɔɪr./) | | oʊ | code, foal, bone, go | ɔər | boar, more,oral (/oʊr./) | | ʊ | good, full, woman | ʊr | courier | | uː | food, fool, soon, chew | ʊər | boor, moor, tourist (/uːr./) | | juː | cued, cute, mule, tune, queue | jʊər | cure | | ʌ | mud, dull, gun | ʌr | borough, hurry | | ɜr | word, girl, fern, furry (/ɝː/) | | 弱化元音（英语：Stress and vowel reduction in English） |
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| ə | Rosa’s,a mission | ər | perform（/ɚ/ 亦可） | | ɨ | roses,emission（ɪ 或ə） | ən | button | | ɵ | omission（oʊ 或ə） | əm | rhythm | | ʉ | beautiful, curriculum ([jʉ])（ʊ 或ə） | əl | bottle | | i | serious（ɪ 或iː） | ᵊ,ⁱ | （元音經常弱化：nasturtium） | | | | 重音 | 音節劃分 |
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| IPA | 範例 | IPA | 範例 |
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| ˈ | intonation/ˌɪntɵˈneɪʃən/,
battleship/ˈbætəlʃɪp/ | . | 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/ | | ˌ |
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