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jiǎn tǐ
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ㄈㄢˊ ㄊㄧˇ
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jyut⁶ jyu⁵
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BAK.grownd MYOO.zik
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mu
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sic
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b
æ
k
ˌ
ɡ
ɹ
aʊ
n
d
ˈ
m
yu
z
ɪ
k
ˈ
primary stress
ˈ
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Name
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Desc.
primary stress
IPA #
501
Unicode Hex
02C8
b
voiced bilabial stop consonant
English
Spanish
Arabic
French
Russian
+62
b
voiced bilabial plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case b
IPA Desc.
voiced bilabial plosive
IPA #
102
Unicode Hex
0062
æ
unrounded near-open front vowel
English
Spanish
Bangla
Hindi
Cantonese (Traditional)
+22
æ
near-open front unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
ash; lower-case a-e ligature
IPA Desc.
near-open front unrounded vowel
IPA #
325
Unicode Hex
00E6
k
voiceless velar stop consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
French
+76
k
voiceless velar plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case k
IPA Desc.
voiceless velar plosive
IPA #
109
Unicode Hex
006B
ˌ
secondary stress
ˌ
vertical stroke (inferior)
IPA Name
vertical stroke (inferior)
IPA Desc.
secondary stress
IPA #
502
Unicode Hex
02CC
ɡ
voiced velar plosive consonant
English
Spanish
French
Russian
Portuguese (Brazil)
+59
ɡ
opentail g
consonant
IPA Name
opentail g
IPA Desc.
voiced velar plosive
IPA #
110
Unicode Hex
0261
ɹ
voiced alveolar approximant consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Bangla
Assamese
+2
ɹ
voiced alveolar approximant
consonant
IPA Name
turned r
IPA Desc.
voiced dental or alveolar approximant
IPA #
151
Unicode Hex
0279
aʊ
from open front unrounded to near-close near-back rounded diphthong
English
German
Tamil
Myanmar (Burmese)
Dutch
a
open front unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
lower-case a
IPA Desc.
open front unrounded vowel
IPA #
304
Unicode Hex
0061
ʊ
near-close near-back rounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
upsilon
IPA Desc.
near-close near-back rounded vowel
IPA #
321
Unicode Hex
028A
n
voiced alveolar nasal consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
French
+67
n
alveolar nasal
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case n
IPA Desc.
voiced dental or alveolar nasal
IPA #
116
Unicode Hex
006E
d
voiced alveolar stop consonant
English
French
Russian
Bangla
Indonesian
+36
d
voiced alveolar plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case d
IPA Desc.
voiced dental or alveolar plosive
IPA #
104
Unicode Hex
0064
ˈ
primary stress
ˈ
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Name
vertical stroke (superior)
IPA Desc.
primary stress
IPA #
501
Unicode Hex
02C8
m
voiced bilabial nasal consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
Arabic
+79
m
bilabial nasal
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case m
IPA Desc.
voiced bilabial nasal
IPA #
114
Unicode Hex
006D
yu
from close front rounded to close back rounded diphthong
y
close front rounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
lower-case y
IPA Desc.
close front rounded vowel
IPA #
309
Unicode Hex
0079
u
close back rounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
lower-case u
IPA Desc.
close back rounded vowel
IPA #
308
Unicode Hex
0075
z
voiced alveolar sibilant fricative consonant
English
Arabic
French
Russian
Portuguese (Brazil)
+39
z
voiced alveolar fricative
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case z
IPA Desc.
voiced alveolar fricative
IPA #
133
Unicode Hex
007A
ɪ
raised close-mid front unrounded vowel
English
Bangla
Hindi
German
Cantonese (Traditional)
+23
ɪ
near-close near-front unrounded vowel
vowel
IPA Name
small capital i
IPA Desc.
near-close near-front unrounded vowel
IPA #
319
Unicode Hex
026A
k
voiceless velar stop consonant
English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish
French
+76
k
voiceless velar plosive
consonant
IPA Name
lower-case k
IPA Desc.
voiceless velar plosive
IPA #
109
Unicode Hex
006B
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