国际音标20个元音：
1．单元音
长元音：
/ɑ:/Eg:laugh/la:f/half/ha:f/
/?:/：Eg:horse/h?:s/saw/s?:/
/?:/：Eg:nurse/n?:s/turn/t?:n/
/i:/：Eg:bee/bi:/sea/si:/
/u:/：Eg:moon/mu:n/school/sku:l/
短元音：
/?/：Eg:does/d?z/bus/b?s/
/?/：Eg:fox/f?ks/doctor/'d?kt?/
/?/：Eg:never/nev?/worker/w?:k?/
/i/：Eg:big/big/sick/sik/
/u/：Eg:book/buk/would/wud/
/?/：Eg:fat/f?t/have/h?v/
/e/:Eg:best/best/help/help/
2．双元音
/ei/：Eg:may/mei/eight/eit/
/i?/：Eg:near/ni?/hear/hi?/
/ai/：Eg:?time/taim/??buy/bai/?? /?i/:Eg:boy/b?i/?toy/t?i/?
/?u/:Eg:no/n?u/hope/h?up/
/u?/:Eg:poor/pu?/sure/?u?/
/au/:Eg:now/nau/??house/haus/ /??/:Eg:care/kε?/there/eε?/
28个辅音：
/p/：Eg:top/t?p/piece/pi:s/
/b/：Eg:black/bl?k/bag/b?g/
/t/:Eg:feet/fi:t/tap/t?p/
/d/:Eg:desk/desk/dead/ded/
/k/:Eg:cat/k?t/back/b?k/
/g/:Eg:big/big/get/get/
/f/:Eg:elephant/'el?f?nt/fee/fi:/
/v/:Eg:visit/’vizit/violin/,va??'l?n/ /s/：Eg:caps/k?ps/star/sta:t/
/z/：Eg:zoo/zu?/rose/r??z/
/?/:Eg:she/?i?/wash/w??/
/θ/：Eg:thought/θ??t/thank/θ??ks/
/e/:Eg:than/e?n/those/e??z/
/ts/:Eg:seats/si:ts/roots/ru:ts/
/dz/:Eg:reads/ri:dz/needs/ni:dz/
/t?/:Eg:charm/t?ɑ?m/change/t?e?nd?/ /d?/:Eg:change/t?e?nd?/job/d??b/
/tr/:Eg:train/tre?n/try/tra?/
/dr/:Eg:dry/dra?/dream/dri?m/
/?h/：Eg:have/h?v/hill/hil/
/?r/:Eg:bread/bred/ruler/ru:l?/
/??/:Eg:love/l?v/letter/'let?/
/w/:Eg:wait/we?t/watch/w?t?/
/?j/:Eg:year/j??/yellow/'jel??/
/m/:Eg:money/'m?n?/room/ru?m/
/n/:Eg:need/ni:d/thin/θ?n/
/?/:Eg:young/j??/song/s??/