cantonese
KAN-ta-NEEZ
kantaneez in Ingglish
IPA /ˌkæntəˈniz/ · 3 syllables
How “cantonese” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | c | ant | o | n | es | e | — |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | k | ant | a | n | e | e | z |
“cantonese” sound by sound
| Ingglish | k | a | n | t | a | n | ee | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /k/ | /æ/ | /n/ | /t/ | /ə/ | /n/ | /i/ | /z/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /æ/, /ə/, /i/ and 5 consonants /k/, /n/, /t/, /n/, /z/
- Syllables
- 3 — KAN · ta · NEEZ, stress on the 3rd
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.4 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #14,631 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /iz/
Words that rhyme with “cantonese” (/iz/)
japaneseexpertiseguaranteessiamesenomineesdisagreesabducteessudanesedetaineeslegalese
“cantonese” — questions & answers
How do you spell “cantonese”?
C-A-N-T-O-N-E-S-E in English; “kantaneez” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “cantonese”?
KAN-ta-NEEZ — IPA /ˌkæntəˈniz/, 3 syllables, stress on the 3rd.
What is the IPA for “cantonese”?
/ˌkæntəˈniz/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 3rd.