How to pronounce child in American English
“child” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to child the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “child” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“child” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the mom -- loving your child, being responsible for your child,
The Obama White House
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scope and severity of this child welfare and child’s rights crisis.
State Department
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virtual child sex tourism.
Dept of Justice
Words that sound like “child”
Words one sound away from child — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “child”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of child. 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.