How To Pronounce Sunshine
sunshine
UK
Phonemic
/ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/
Phonetic
[ˈsʌ̃n.ʃaɪ̃n]
US
Phonemic
/ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/
In British English, sunshine is pronounced /ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsʌ̃n.ʃaɪ̃n]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/.
Sunshine 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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