How To Pronounce Ramen

In British English, ramen is pronounced /ˈrɑː.mən/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈrɑː.mə̃n]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈrɑː.mən/.

Ramen 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.