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< 美国音目录

由于各家出版的美语词典所采用的美语音标符号不尽相同，以下一套符号尽量地折衷了各家所使用的符号，并最大限度地反映美语实际发音。

音标	例词	音标	例词
元音
[i]	seat, reed, rear	[ɪ]	kit, built, hymn
[eɪ]	rate, rain, break	[ɛ]	bet, bread, bare
[æ]	sat, half, laugh	[ɑ]	lock, what, hard
[ɔ]1	dog, law, talk	[oʊ]	boat, rope, toe
[ʊ]	put, look, wolf	[ʉ]	root, tube, group
[ʌ]	cut, son, flood	[ɔɪ]	coil, toy, boy
[aɪ]	tight, rice, sky	[aʊ]	lout, down, bough
[ɚ]	hurt, chirp, perk	[ə]	about, circus, complete
[ən]	taken, button, open	[əl]	label, paddle, toggle
辅音
[p]	perk, pay, happy	[b]	bay, book, rabbit
[t]	tail, button, locked	[d]	dear, add, filled
[k]	key, catch, quite	[g]	game, ghost, guest
[m]	male, mock, climb	[n]	nail, knife, gnat
[ŋ]	think, sing, tongue	[h]	help, hit, who
[f]	fee, phone, laugh	[v]	veal, vary, of
[θ]	thick, throw, bath	[ð]	other, then, bathe
[s]	send, cell, scent	[z]	rose, gives, zoo
[ʃ]	shell, niche, mission	[ʒ]	garage, vision, azure
[r]	core, hard, real	[l]	let, land, tell
[w]	wit, where, quick	[j]	yes, onion, year
（辅音变体）
[p ̚]	nap, dip, top	[b ̚]	lob, cab, nib
[t ̚]	lot, light, meat	[d ̚]	wade, send, garden
[k ̚]	lock, like, meek	[g ̚]	big, rogue, egg
[ʔ]	rent, button, cotton	[ɾ]	riddle, booty, center

¹ 美国东部有[ɔ]，西部则将其完全并入[ɑ]，儿化音[ɔr]除外。