How To Pronounce Christine

In British English, Christine is pronounced /ˈkrɪs.tiːn/ or /krɪˈstiːn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkr̥ɪs.tĩːn]. In American English, it is pronounced /krɪˈstiːn/.

Christine has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.