How To Pronounce Question

question

UK
Phonemic
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
Phonetic
[ˈkʷw̥es.tʃn̩]
US
Phonemic
/ˈkwes.tʃən/

In British English, question is pronounced /ˈkwes.tʃən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈkʷw̥es.tʃn̩]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈkwes.tʃən/.

Question 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.

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