By Melody Chiu K.K Phonetic Symbols
Places of articulation -- Vowels
Places of articulation -- Consonants
﹝e﹞﹝e﹞ Long Vowels Mid, front, tense vowel
﹝i﹞﹝i﹞ Long Vowels High, front, tense vowel
﹝o﹞﹝o﹞ Long Vowels Mid, back, tense, rounded vowel
﹝u﹞﹝u﹞ Long Vowels High, back, tense, rounded vowel
﹝æ﹞﹝æ﹞ Short Vowels Low, front, lax vowel
﹝ɛ﹞﹝ɛ﹞ Mid, front, lax vowel Short Vowels
﹝ɪ﹞﹝ɪ﹞ High, front, lax vowel Short Vowels
﹝ɔ﹞﹝ɔ﹞ Mid, back, lax, rounded vowel Short Vowels
﹝ʊ﹞﹝ʊ﹞ High, back, lax, rounded vowel Short Vowels
﹝ɑ﹞﹝ɑ﹞ Low, back, lax vowel Short Vowels
﹝ʌ﹞﹝ʌ﹞ Mid, central, lax vowel Short Vowels
﹝ə﹞﹝ə﹞ Mid, central, lax vowel Short Vowels
﹝ɝ﹞﹝ɝ﹞ Low, central, tense vowel Retroflex Vowels
﹝ɚ﹞﹝ɚ﹞ High, central, tense vowel Short Vowels Retroflex Vowels
﹝aɪ﹞﹝aɪ﹞ Mid-high, front, tense vowel Short Vowels Diphthongs
﹝aʊ﹞ Low-back to Mid-high front, rounded vowel Diphthongs
﹝ɔɪ﹞ Low-mid back To mid-high front, rounded to unrounded Diphthongs
﹝p﹞﹝p﹞ Bilabial, voiceless consonant Voiceless C.
﹝t﹞﹝t﹞ Mid, front, tense vowel Voiceless C.
﹝k﹞﹝k﹞ Mid, front, tense vowel Voiceless C.
﹝f﹞﹝f﹞ Labiodental, voiceless consonant Voiceless C.
﹝s﹞﹝s﹞ Alveolar, Voiceless consonant Voiceless C.
﹝θ﹞﹝θ﹞ Interdental, voiceless consonant Voiceless C.
﹝ʃ﹞﹝ʃ﹞ Alveo-palatal, voiceless consonant Voiceless C.
﹝tʃ﹞ Alveo-palatal voiceless consonant Voiceless C.
﹝h﹞﹝h﹞ Glottal, voiceless consonant Voiceless C.
﹝b﹞﹝b﹞ Bilabial, voiced consonant Voiced Consonants
﹝d﹞﹝d﹞ Alveolar, voiced consonant Voiced Consonants
﹝g﹞﹝g﹞ Velar, voiced consonant Voiced Consonants
﹝v﹞﹝v﹞ Labio-dental, voiced consonant Voiced Consonants
﹝z﹞﹝z﹞ Alveolar, voiced consonant Voiced Consonants
﹝ð﹞﹝ð﹞ Inter-dental, voiced consonant Voiced Consonants
﹝ʒ﹞﹝ʒ﹞ Alveo-palatal, voiced consonant Voiced Consonants
﹝dʒ﹞ Alveo-palatal, voiced consonant Voiced Consonants
﹝m﹞﹝m﹞ Bilabial, nasal, voiced consonant Nasal Consonants
﹝n﹞﹝n﹞ Alveolar, nasal, voiced consonant Nasal Consonants
﹝ŋ﹞﹝ŋ﹞ Velar, nasal, voiced consonant Nasal Consonants
﹝l﹞﹝l﹞ Alveolar, voiced consonant Labial Consonants
﹝r﹞﹝r﹞ Alveolar, voiced consonant Labial Consonants
﹝ j﹞﹝ j﹞ Palatal, voiced consonant Semi-vowels
﹝w﹞﹝w﹞ Bilabial, voiced consonant Semi-vowels