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The syllable 'hɪ'

/hɪ/

Phonetic Ponunciation of the syllable 'hɪ'

Sound	Tongue	Lips	Jaw	Teeth	Air	Vocal Chords
/h/	The position of the tongue depends on the sound that comes next.	The lips are open to let the air go through.		There is a separation between the teeth.	Air passes through the mouth.	The vocal cords do not vibrate.
/ɪ/	The tongue raises high in the mouth. It moves to the front of the mouth. Then the tip of the tongue moves behind the bottom front teeth. The tongue remains relaxed in the front of the mouth.	The lips separated and relaxed.	The jaw drops and the mouth opens a little bit.			The vocal cords vibrate.

Examples of words with the /hɪ/ syllable

hitting /ˈ h ɪ t ɪ ŋ/ /ˈhɪ-tɪŋ/	Pronounced by Matthew
asahi /ə ˈ s ɑ h ɪ/ /ə-ˈsɑ-hɪ/	Pronounced by Joanna
hits /h ɪ t s/ /ˈhɪts/	Pronounced by Kendra
beidaihe /ˌ b a ɪ ˈ d e ɪ h ɪ/ /ˌbaɪ-ˈdeɪ-hɪ/	Pronounced by Justin
hymn /ˈ h ɪ m/ /ˈhɪm/	Pronounced by Joey
hidden /ˈ h ɪ d ə n/ /ˈhɪ-dən/	Pronounced by Kendra
his /h ɪ z/ /ˈhɪz/	Pronounced by Salli
hit /ˈ h ɪ t/ /ˈhɪt/	Pronounced by Kendra
hereabout /ˈ h ɪ r ə ˌ b a ʊ t/ /ˈhɪ-rə-ˌbaʊt/	Pronounced by Joanna
heneghan /h ɪ ˈ n ɛ g ə n/ /hɪ-ˈnɛ-gən/	Pronounced by Ivy

The syllable 'hɪ'

/hɪ/

Phonetic Ponunciation of the syllable 'hɪ'

Examples of words with the /hɪ/ syllable

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