---
title: "How to pronounce \"pee wee\" in English | SayItVid"
description: "Learn how to say \"pee wee\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid."
image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/rUgT9pZF7Q0/hqdefault.jpg"
url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pee-wee"
---


# How to pronounce "pee wee" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ˈpiːwiː/`
- **Native Audio Recording**: [Listen to Audio Clip](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/En-au-peewee.ogg/En-au-peewee.ogg.mp3)
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **pee·wee**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: A short or small person; a small object.
- **NOUN**: A kind of small marble in children's games.
  - *Example*: "You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "pee wee" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "And that's what gives humor its power. So "Pee Wee" was a special thing in American culture."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 23:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgT9pZF7Q0&t=1393s)

### Example 2
> "Of the Pee Wee Herman that no one ever saw. "Pee Wee" show."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 32:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgT9pZF7Q0&t=1964s)

### Example 3
> "African American baseball player to cross the race barrier and to become a part of a major league team one of the people that was his supporter is a gentleman named Pee Wee Reese who was a white captain of the team that Jackie Robinson joined and at that time the other players had led a petition drive"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 17:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIKDjci00jY&t=1075s)

### Example 4
> "always called her pee wee and i never referred to him as anything because i was always shushed away if he"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 26:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0VLYNx8ZPc&t=1599s)

### Example 5
> "He had just come off the movie "Pee Wee's Big Adventure," Tim Burton's first feature."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 27:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgT9pZF7Q0&t=1671s)

### Example 6
> "time the whole stadium was booing Jackie Robinson and refusing to let him onto the team to even play the sport Pee Wee Reese went out there stood on the field with Jackie Robinson and just quietly stood with his teammate eventually the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 18:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIKDjci00jY&t=1110s)

### Example 7
> "should remain impartial but our next dog pee wee has stolen my heart let's hope the judges love him too well we've seen what they have to do let's"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVYhY-W7N0&t=162s)

### Example 8
> "I don't think the Pee Wee soccer league still has a goal line camera or something to decide whether somebody was offside or whatever,"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 30:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWLS9GE3elo&t=1807s)

### Example 9
> "Rain, Pee Wee, rain."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 31:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgT9pZF7Q0&t=1867s)

### Example 10
> "His work entered into many millions of American homes with the puppet design and other assorted creativity for Pee Wee's Playhouse."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgT9pZF7Q0&t=22s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [pee](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pee), [wee](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wee)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "pee wee" correctly?
"pee wee" is pronounced `/ˈpiːwiː/`. Syllable breakdown: **pee·wee**.

### What does "pee wee" mean in context?
A short or small person; a small object.

```json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pee-wee#webpage",
      "url": "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pee-wee",
      "name": "How to pronounce \"pee wee\" in English | SayItVid",
      "description": "Learn how to say \"pee wee\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid.",
      "inLanguage": "en-US"
    },
    {
      "@type": "DefinedTerm",
      "@id": "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pee-wee#definedterm",
      "name": "pee wee",
      "description": "A short or small person; a small object.",
      "inDefinedTermSet": "https://sayitvid.com/browse"
    },
    {
      "@type": "VideoObject",
      "@id": "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pee-wee#video-rUgT9pZF7Q0",
      "name": "How to pronounce \"pee wee\" in English",
      "description": "Watch a native speaker pronounce \"pee wee\": \"So \"Pee Wee\" was a special thing in American culture.\"",
      "thumbnailUrl": [
        "https://img.youtube.com/vi/rUgT9pZF7Q0/maxresdefault.jpg",
        "https://img.youtube.com/vi/rUgT9pZF7Q0/hqdefault.jpg"
      ],
      "contentUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgT9pZF7Q0&t=1395s",
      "embedUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/rUgT9pZF7Q0?start=1395"
    }
  ]
}
```