There are twenty vowel sounds in British English pronunciation. This includes seven short vowel sounds, five long vowel sounds, and eight diphthong vowel sounds. We can further categorize each vowel sound according to their respective positions on the monophthong chart. For further materials, sign up here.
The short vowel sounds 短母音：
1.æ cat, man, hat, van, black
2.ɪ kit, big, hit, live, rich
3.ʊ book, wolf, hood, wood, could
4.ɛ send, end, bed, red, desk
5.ɒ hot, top, box, dog, strong
6.ʌ sun, duck, bulb, bus, hut
7.ə again, adapt, advance, across
The long vowel sounds 長母音
8.iː sleep, need, feet, heat
9.ɜː nurse, bird, third, curse
10.ɔː talk, fall, north, horse
11.uː new, noon, too, few
12.ɑː car, far, hard, large
Diphthong vowels 二重母音
13.ɪə near, hear, fear
14.eə hair, pair, there
15.eɪ rain, lane, main
16.ɔɪ noise, toy, coin
17.aɪ rice, kite, my
18.əʊ no, those, low
19.aʊ how, round, loud
20.ʊə pure, cure, tour
Front vowels 前舌母音： æ ɪ iː ɛ
Central vowels 中舌母音： ə ɜː ʌ
Back vowels 後舌母音： uː ʊ ɔː ɒ ɑː
A cup of tea please (ə kʌp ɒv tiː pliːz)
A bottle of water (ə ˈbɒtl ɒv ˈwɔːtə)
Made in Japan (meɪd ɪn ʤəˈpæn)
I’m Japanese (aɪm ˌʤæpəˈniːz)
