How to pronounce chief in British English
“chief” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to chief the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“chief” in real sentences — British speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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all times have a chief executive, a chief examiner and a chief accreditation officer.
The Scottish Parliament
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executive; Irene Steel, the chief finance officer; Simon Jones, the chief operating officer; and
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “chief”
Words one sound away from chief — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “chief”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of chief. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.