元音字母 |
音节类型或在单词中的位置 |
读音 |
例词 |
a |
非重读音节 |
/ / |
China,about,Christmas,America, breakfast |
/i/ |
village,comrade,palace,message, orange |
在n前 |
/e / |
any,many,anything,anytime |
/a:/ |
answer,can't |
在w或wh之后 |
/ / |
what,watch,wash,wante |
e |
非重读音节 |
/ / |
moment,September,open |
/i/ |
cinema,women,geography,enjoy,eraser,toilet |
i |
非重读音节 |
/ / |
holiday,beautiful,possible,horrible |
在nd,ld,ght之前或词尾-ise,-ize中 |
/ai/ |
kind,find,behind,wild,child,right, light,exercise,organize |
o |
重读开音节 |
/u:/ |
do,who,move,shoe,two,tomb |
/u / |
woman,wolf |
在m,n,v,th之前 |
/ / |
son,some,love,mother,month,other, nothing(另有:does,colour,worry, dozen等) |
在-st,-ld,-th,-mb之前 |
/ u / |
post,gold,old,both,clothes,comb |
u |
重读闭音节 |
/i/ |
busy,business |
非重读音节 |
/ / |
difficult,autumn,until |
/i/ |
minute |
在l,r,j等之后 |
/u:/ |
blue,rule,June,true,fruit,truth |