--- title: "How to pronounce \"jiving\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"jiving\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/WSDBHKpC4Qo/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jiving" --- # How to pronounce "jiving" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/ˈd͡ʒaɪvɪŋ/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **ji·ving** - **Stress**: **JI** — say this syllable louder and longer ## Meaning & Usage ### VERB - present participle and gerund of jive ### Example Sentences - "something is not jiving so i waited because i started criticizing the administration for saying they couldn't stop the bonuses" - "I like the way we're jiving here." ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (7 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "jiving" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: US* > "a good comment you couldn't stop the bonuses oh no um something is not jiving so i waited because i started criticizing the administration for saying they couldn't stop the bonuses i'm like and then they said that well this is a distraction excuse me what's a distraction is people are" - **Watch at 28:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSDBHKpC4Qo&t=1683s) ### Example 2 > "And then the second thing he did, he said, Hey, I like this. I like the way we're jiving here. I'm in for 25 million bucks. I'm like, wow, okay." - **Watch at 6:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ty55uoz74&t=386s) ### Example 3 > "he's he's too old and um because you're only judged by your height at that at that age so I would hear things from the parents and then um you know I'd hear like little remarks like people laughing little Japes and jiving and um yeah because like people saying or you're skinny or your lanky is is seen as um it's sort of like you're allowed to say it in some ways do you know what I mean like it's just it's a describing word but" - **Watch at 4:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAYg2zQ0arE&t=280s) ### Example 4 *Accent: US* > "out fairly far back behind their bodies but researchers think this kind of jiving has more to do with stabilizing their vision we humans can't stabilize" - **Watch at 2:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCT7qYXgmso&t=134s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "When you walk down the street without falling down- Your vestibular system in your inner ear is jiving with the images that you are seeing in your eyeballs." - **Watch at 0:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaZRuAWilKE&t=42s) ### Example 6 *Accent: AUS* > "going through all the heats and we we won the whole thing and when you say dancing do you mean like jiving" - **Watch at 3:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnhU-RCwMGY&t=218s) ### Example 7 > "And the intensity and how he presents himself, when you look at that video, he's not jiving." - **Watch at 50:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL0GXzFhOg4&t=3001s) ## How to Pronounce "jiving" - **Syllables**: ji · ving - **Stress**: JI — say this syllable louder and longer - **IPA**: `/ˈd͡ʒaɪvɪŋ/` - **Listen for**: the stressed /JI/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [jive](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jive) ## Related Pronunciations [jibing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jibing), [jibbing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jibbing), [jiffing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jiffing), [jigging](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jigging), [jilling](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jilling), [jilting](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jilting), [jiminy](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jiminy), [jimping](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/jimping) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “jiving”? “jiving” is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒaɪvɪŋ/ (ji · ving). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “jiving”? “jiving” has 2 syllables: ji · ving. ### Where is the stress in “jiving”? The primary stress in “jiving” is on “JI”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above. ### What does “jiving” mean? present participle and gerund of jive ### How can I hear “jiving” used in real sentences? This page has 7 real-world video examples of “jiving” with synchronized subtitles. 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