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| 讀音 | 例 | 粵語近字 |
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| b | buy, cab | | | d | dye, cad | | | ð | thy, breathe, father | | | dʒ | giant, badge, jam | 朱 | | f | phi, caff, fan | 夫 | | ɡ (ɡ)[1] | guy, bag | | | h | high, ahead | | | j | yes, yacht | 已 | | k | sky, crack | | | l | lie, sly, gal | | | m | my, smile, cam | 唔 | | n | nigh, snide, can | | | ŋ | sang, sink, singer | 吳 | | ŋɡ | finger, anger | | | θ | thigh, math | 夫、
斯[2] | | p | pie, spy, cap | | r | rye, try, very[3] | | s | sigh, mass | 斯 | | ʃ | shy, cash, emotion | 殊 | | t | tie, sty, cat, atom | | | tʃ | China, catch | 廚 | | v | vie, have | | | w | wye, swine | 胡 | | hw | why[4] | | z | zoo, has | 茲 | | ʒ | pleasure, vision, beige[5] | 語 | | 邊緣輔音 |
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| x | ugh, loch, Chanukah[6] | | ʔ | uh-oh /ˈʌʔoʊ/ |
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| 讀音 | 完全元音 | 粵語近字 | ……後邊跟住 R[7][8] | 粵語近字 |
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| ɑː | palm, baht, father, bra | 啊 | ɑr | start, bard, barn, snarl, star（/ɑːr./ 重可以） | | | ɒ | lot, pod, John, doll[9] | 柯 | ɒr | moral, forage | | | æ | trap, pad, shall, ban | | ær | barrow, marry | | | aɪ | price, ride, file, fine, pie[10] | 唉 | aɪər | fire (/aɪr./)[8] | | | aʊ | mouth, loud, foul, down, how | 詏 | aʊər | hour (/aʊr./)[8] | | | ɛ | dress, bed, fell, men[11] | 誒 | ɛr | error, merry[12] | | | eɪ | face, made, fail, vein, pay | 欸 | ɛər | square, scared, scarce, cairn, Mary (/eɪr./)[13][8] | | | ɪ | kit, lid, fill, bin | 衣，大過 | ɪr | mirror, Sirius | | | iː | fleece, seed, feel, mean, sea | 衣 | ɪər | near, beard, fierce, serious (/iːr./) | | ɔː | thought, Maud, dawn, fall, straw[14] | 喎 | ɔr | north, born, for, aural (/ɔːr./) | | | ɔɪ | choice, void, foil, coin, boy | 愛 | ɔɪər | loir, coir (/ɔɪr./)[8] | | | oʊ | goat, code, foal, bone, go[15] | 奧 | ɔər | force, boar, more, oral (/oʊr./)[16] | 柯亞 | | ʊ | foot, good, full, woman | | ʊr | courier | | | uː | goose, food, fool, soon, chew | 戶 | ʊər | boor, moor, tourist (/uːr./)[17] | | | juː | cued, cute, mule, tune, queue[18] | | jʊər | cure | | | ʌ | strut, mud, dull, gun[19] | 呃 | ʌr | borough, hurry | | ɜr | nurse, word, girl, fern, furry (/ɝː/)[20] | | 弱化元音 |
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| ə | Rosa’s, a mission, comma | | ər | letter, perform（/ɚ/ 重可以係）[20] | | | ɨ | roses, emission[21] （ɪ 或 ə） | | ən | button | 銀 | | ɵ | omission[22] （oʊ 或 ə） | 律，韻核 | əm | rhythm | 暗 | | ʉ | beautiful, curriculum ([jʉ])[23] （ʊ 或 ə） | 奧 | əl | bottle | 奧 | | i | happy, serious[24] （ɪ 或 iː） | 伊 | ᵊ, ⁱ | （元音成日弱化成：nasturtium） | 已 | | | | 重音 | 音節劃分 |
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| 讀音 | 例 | 讀音 | 例 |
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| ˈ | intonation /ˌɪntɵˈneɪʃən/,[25]
battleship /ˈbætəlʃɪp/[26] | . | 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/[27] | | ˌ |
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