2023-04-29

I cannot not talk about pronunciation, especially for English. To save time typing special symbols for IPA, I took to using SAMPA. It's fun and easy to learn.

For example, today I wrote about the common systematic English mispronunciations by native Mandarin speakers:

/I/ or /i/ (not long enough) for /i:/: seek -> sick; bee -> 必
/in/ for /In/: been -> 必+n
/{/ for /E/: bed -> bad
/E/ for /eI/: take -> tech

I created a handy conversion chart.

I use SAMPA as the wide phonetic transcription throughout this website because it is pure ASCII, to save time entering quirky symbols for IPA.

SAMPA – IPA Mapping 元音對照表

I created this SAMPA–IPA vowel mapping (元音/母音對照表) for my own reference. Feel free to download or link to this page with proper attribution.
IPA-SAMPA vowel mapping chart 952x794 word examples.jpg