元音字母

读 音

例 词

a

[ə]

China another woman breakfast

[i]

orange comrade village cabbage

e

[ə]

hundred student open weekend

[i]

chicken pocket begin children

i

[i]

holiday beautiful family animal

[ai]

exercise satellite

o

[ə]

second tonight somebody welcome

[əu]

also zero photo

u

[ə]

autumn diffcult

[ju:]

popular congratulation January

动词中的a如果处在开音节位置，a读[ei]音，例如：operate

u处在开音节位置，又在辅音字母j l r s后面时，读[u(:)]音，例如：July influence February issue

在非重读音节中，许多单词中的元音字母a e i 既可以读作[ə]音可以读作[i]音。