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Consonant Contrast

발음 방법 fan vs van

핵심 음성학적 차이

‘Fan’ begins with the voiceless labiodental fricative /f/; ‘van’ begins with its voiced counterpart /v/.

차이점: Voiceless /f/ vs voiced /v/

fan

⁄fæn⁄

음절

FAN

정의:

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

“How apt is the flutter of the fan to express the different affections of the belle: there is the angry flutter, the modest flutter, the timorous flutter, the confused flutter etc.”

van

⁄væn⁄

음절

VAN

정의:

A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

“While Santa Monica has a longstanding prohibition against public camping that includes living in vehicles, the van rental business has been a problem in Venice for years. […] Organizations that provide safe parking locations have limited capacity and are often unable to accommodate the kind of non-operational vans that are being repurposed as makeshift housing.”

원어민 영상 클립 및 듣기 훈련

총 80개의 영상 예시
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자주 묻는 질문: fan vs van

Difference between fan and van?

‘Fan’ begins with the voiceless labiodental fricative /f/; ‘van’ begins with its voiced counterpart /v/.

Syllable stress in fan vs van?

"fan" has 1 syllables (fan). "van" has 1 syllables (van).

Why are fan and van easily confused?

Voiceless /f/ vs voiced /v/

Example sentences for fan and van?

"fan": How apt is the flutter of the fan to express the different affections of the belle: there is the angry flutter, the modest flutter, the timorous flutter, the confused flutter etc. "van": While Santa Monica has a longstanding prohibition against public camping that includes living in vehicles, the van rental business has been a problem in Venice for years. […] Organizations that provide safe parking locations have limited capacity and are often unable to accommodate the kind of non-operational vans that are being repurposed as makeshift housing.