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PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS IN
JAPANESE, KOREAN AND CHINESE
The charts below give an approximate pronunciation
of words in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
The Japanese alphabet consists of 99 sounds formed with 5 vowels (a, e, i,
o, and u) and 14 consonants (k, s, f, h, m, y, r, w, g, z, d, b, p and n).
Japanese consonants are pronounced as their English counterparts. Japanese
words have no gender or number, and verbs are usually placed at the end of
the Sentence.
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JAPANESE WORD PRONUNCIATION |
| a |
i |
u |
e |
o |
as in
father |
as in sheen |
as in
sue |
as in
bay |
as in
go |
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k as in key |
| ka |
ki |
ku |
ke |
ko |
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s as in saw |
| sa |
shi |
su |
se |
so |
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t as in toe |
| ta |
chi |
tsu |
te |
to |
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n as in now |
| na |
ni |
nu |
ne |
no |
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h as in how |
| ha |
hi |
fu |
he |
ho |
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m as in mow |
| ma |
mi |
mu |
me |
mo |
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y as in yawn |
| ya |
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yu |
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yo |
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r between row and low |
| ra |
ri |
ru |
re |
ro |
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w as in where |
| wa |
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wo |
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JAPANESE
WORD PRONUNCIATION |
| "a" as
in father pronounced "ah" |
"e" as in "kept"
"e" as in bet pronounced "eh" |
"i" as in "marine"
"i" as in green pronounced "ee" |
"o" as in "go"
"o" as in tote pronounced "oh" |
"u" as in "sue"
u as in soon pronounced "ue" |
| "g" as in "grace" |
| "ae" as in "day" |
| "ai" as in "mile" |
| "ei" as in "let" |
| "ts" as in "zoo" |
| age-tsuki is pronounced ah-gee-zoo-key |
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CHINESE
WORD PRONUNCIATION |
| "ai as in "mine" |
| "ao" as in "glue" |
| "e" as in "get" |
| "ei" as in "lame" |
| "g" as in "gate" |
| "ie" as in "law" |
| "ng" as in "ding" |
| "ou" as in "khow" |
| "tz" as in zip |
| "T'ai Chi" is pronounced "tie-chee" |
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KOREAN
WORD PRONUNCIATION |
| "a" as in "father" |
| "o" as in "float" |
| "i" as in "lift" |
| "e" as in "met" |
| "ae" as in "day" |
| "yu" as in "you" |
| "wa" as in "when" |
| "eu as in "true" |
| "g" as in "kite" |
"Ja yu dae ryun" is
pronounced as
"jaw-you-day-re-youn" |
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