主要由下几点:
. 在单词中,cy通常发/kai/的音。例如,cycle(车轮)发音为/saikl/,cyber(网络)发音为/saibə/.
2. 在其他母前面,cy组合通常发/sai/的音。例如,cyan(青色)发音为/saiən/,cygnet(小天鹅)发音为/saigənet/.
3. 如果cy组合出现在单词的结尾,通常发/kai/的音。例如,fancy(花式的)发音为/fænsi/,encyclopedia(百科全书)发音为/ɪnsɪkləʊpiːdɪə/.
4. 在某些短语中,cy组合可发/kai/或/sai/的音。例如,by coincidence(偶然地)有时发音为/baɪ kainˈsɪdəns/,有时发音为/baɪ saɪnˈsɪdəns/.
5. 在一些外来词中,cy可发/si/的音。例如,cycle(骑车)在某些方言中可能发音为/saisəl/.
字母ce, ci, cy读[ s ], 其他读作[ k ]
如:cell centre city cinema cycle cynic
其他:cat cake call
1. C c
/s/
在字母e, i, y前,如certain, receive, since, scarce, absence; city, circumstance, civility, society, civil; fancy, intimacy, secrecy, decency, legacy(据我所知,cy都在结尾).
注:字母组合sc在e, i, y前,c不发音,如scene, science, scythe. 有一个例外soccer(/’sɒkə/, 足球)。
2,/k/
在字母a, o, u前,如can, carriage, occasion, capable; course, consider, account, common; particular, excuse, occur, secure, accuse, cure. 但c+ae,c发/s/,如:Caen, Caelum.
以-c结尾的词,如public, domestic, music, emphatic, impolitic, laconic, panegyric, pedantic, philosophic, sarcastic, terrific, topic. 又如suc-cess, ac-cede, ac-cident.
接辅音,如cry, credit, across, uncle, incline, subject, defect, picture. 但字母组合ch发/tʃ/,/k/,/ʃ/,/h/,/ /,详情见后面的字母h。
3./ /
字母组合sc在e, i, y前,c不发音,如,:science, scene, condescend, conscience, ascend, ascertain, conscious, discern, susceptibility, scythe.
字母组合ck, cq,c不发音,如back, struck, acknowledge, lucky, shock; acquaintance, acquire, acquit.