How To Pronounce Issue

In British English, issue is pronounced /ˈɪʃ.uː/ or /ˈɪs.juː/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈɪʃʷ.uː]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈɪʃ.uː/.

Issue has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

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.