How To Pronounce System

In British English, system is pronounced /ˈsɪs.təm/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈsɪs.tə̃m]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈsɪs.təm/.

System 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.