辅音字符 th 有 清与浊 两种读音:
1 当位于词首时,可以从词性上判别其应有的读音。请看:
第一类:在以下 4种 词类 th 读 清音,即国际音标的 θ :
a. Noun 名词:thing, theatre, thumb大拇指, thunder雷,
thermos热水瓶, Thursday, theory, theme, throat喉咙, thread线
物质交换b. Verb 动词:think, thank, throw, thrive, thicken,
c.Numeral 数词:three, thirteen, thirty, third, thousand
d.Adjective 形容词:thin, thick, thirsty, thoughtful,
thorough彻底的 香尸谜案
第二类:在以下 两种 词类 th 读 浊音:
a. Pronoun 代词:they, them, their, theirs, this, the, 实心实意
that, tho, there, thy[旧时用法]你的
星座传说
简单随意b. Functional terms 功能词:the, than, then, though, thus,
therefore
2 当位于词尾(或音节之尾)时,其读音多数是清音,如:bath, breath, both, cloth, tooth, health, wealth, arithmetic 等。只有在少数单词中,如:with, smooth 中读浊音。
3 当位于两个元音之间时,其读音多数是浊音。如:other, mother, brother, another, father, weather, feather, leather, further, breathe.
但是,也有读清音的。如在单词 method, nothing, anything, sympathy, sympathetic, mathematics, healthy, wealthy, Luther, Marathon(马拉松)等。唐代宗李豫
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