open-syllable

开音节Open Syllable

An open syllable occurs when a vowel is at the end of the syllable, resulting in the long vowel sound, e.g. pa/per, e/ven, o/pen, go & we. Open syllable words are open because they are not closed by a consonant.当元音在音节末尾，导致元音发长音时，就会出现开音节，如pa/per、e/ven、o/pen、go & we。开音节词是开放的，因为它们没有被辅音封闭。

open-syllableWhereas a closed syllable occurs when a syllable ends with a consonant, resulting in a short vowel sound, e.g., cat, sit, got & wet. The consonant closes these words. Closed syllable words are more prevalent in the English language.而闭音节则是当一个音节以辅音字母结尾时，产生一个短元音，例如，cat，sit，got & wet。辅音封闭这些单词。闭音节词在英语中比较普遍。

The table below illustrates the open and closed syllable concept.下表说明了开音节和闭音节的概念。

Open Syllable开音节
(Long Vowel Sound长元音)
Closed Syllable闭音节
(Short Vowel Sound短元音)
be
bed
go
got
he
hen
hi
hip
I
it
me
men
no
not
she
shell
we
web

Open Syllable Words

The table below contains over 150 open syllable words. We also provide the syllabication for each word to emphasize the open syllable concept. The table also indicates each word’s long vowel sound as well as the location of the open syllable – beginning (initial), middle (middle) or ending (final) of a word.下表包含超过150个开音节的单词。我们还提供了每个单词的音节，以强调开音节的概念。该表还显示了每个单词的长元音以及开音节的位置–单词的开头（initial）、中间（middle）或结尾（final）

Open Syllable Word Syllabication Long Vowel Usage
able able Long-A initial
ache ache Long-A initial
acorn acorn Long-A initial
acre acre Long-A initial
agent agent Long-A initial
ago ago Long-O final
also al/so Long-O final
apex apex Long-A initial
apricot apri/cot Long-A initial
April April Long-A initial
apron apron Long-A initial
area ar/ea Long-E middle
Asia Asia Long-A initial
auto au/to Long-O final
baby ba/by Long-A middle
basic ba/sic Long-A middle
basis ba/sis Long-A middle
be be Long-E final
beautiful beau/ti/ful Long-U middle
being be/ing Long-E middle
bicycle bi/cy/cle Long-I middle
broken bro/ken Long-O middle
bugle bu/gle Long-U middle
cedar ce/dar Long-E middle
China Chi/na Long-I middle
climate cli/mate Long-I middle
communicate com/mu/ni/cate Long-U middle
community com/mu/ni/ty Long-U middle
continuous con/tin/u/ous Long-U middle
crazy cra/zy Long-A middle
cubic cu/bic Long-U middle
demon de/mon Long-E middle
depot de/pot Long-E middle
diagram di/a/gram Long-I middle
dinosaur di/no/saur Long-I middle
echo echo Long-O final
eclipse eclipse Long-E initial
ecology ecology Long-E initial
edict edict Long-E initial
Egyptian Egyp/tian Long-E initial
e-mail e-mail Long-E initial
emission emis/sion Long-E initial
emit emit Long-E initial
enunciate enun/ci/ate Long-E initial
equal equal Long-E initial
equator e/qua/tor Long-A middle
equator e/qua/tor Long-E initial
equinox equi/nox Long-E initial
ether ether Long-E initial
even even Long-E initial
evening eve/ning Long-E initial
evil evil Long-E initial
female fe/male Long-E middle
flavor fla/vor Long-A middle
fuel fu/el Long-U middle
fugitive fu/gi/tive Long-U middle
funeral fu/ner/al Long-U middle
future fu/ture Long-U middle
giant gi/ant Long-I middle
go go Long-O final
gravy gra/vy Long-A middle
hazy ha/zy Long-A middle
he he Long-E final
hello hel/lo Long-O final
hero he/ro Long-O final
human hu/man Long-U middle
humid hu/mid Long-U middle
humor hu/mor Long-U middle
I I Long-I initial
icy icy Long-I initial
idea idea Long-I initial
iodine io/dine Long-I initial
Iowa Iowa Long-I initial
iris iris Long-I initial
Irish Irish Long-I initial
item item Long-I initial
ivory ivo/ry Long-I initial
January Jan/u/ary Long-U middle
label la/bel Long-A middle
labor la/bor Long-A middle
ladle la/dle Long-A middle
lady la/dy Long-A middle
lazy la/zy Long-A middle
legal le/gal Long-E middle
lion li/on Long-I middle
maybe may/be Long-E final
me me Long-E final
menu menu Long-U final
meter me/ter Long-E middle
moment mo/ment Long-O middle
museum mu/se/um Long-E middle
museum mu/se/um Long-U middle
music mu/sic Long-U middle
musician mu/si/cian Long-U middle
navy na/vy Long-A middle
no no Long-O final
obey obey Long-O initial
oboe oboe Long-O initial
ocean ocean Long-O initial
October Oc/to/ber Long-O middle
odor odor Long-O initial
Ohio Ohio Long-O initial
okra okra Long-O initial
open open Long-O initial
over over Long-O initial
paper pa/per Long-A middle
piano pi/a/no Long-O final
pilot pi/lot Long-I middle
poem po/em Long-O middle
potato po/ta/to Long-A middle
potato po/ta/to Long-O final
prefix pre/fix Long-E middle
program pro/gram Long-O middle
puny pu/ny Long-U middle
pupil pu/pil Long-U middle
quiet qui/et Long-I middle
radio ra/dio Long-A middle
radio ra/dio Long-O final
react re/act Long-E middle
really re/al/ly Long-E middle
recent re/cent Long-E middle
recycle re/cy/cle Long-E middle
relation re/la/tion Long-A middle
rifle ri/fle Long-I middle
Roman Ro/man Long-O middle
secret se/cret Long-E middle
she she Long-E final
silent si/lent Long-I middle
so so Long-O final
spider spi/der Long-I middle
station sta/tion Long-A middle
table ta/ble Long-A middle
tiny ti/ny Long-I middle
title ti/tle Long-I middle
tomato to/ma/to Long-A middle
tomato to/ma/to Long-O final
total to/tal Long-O middle
triangle tri/an/gle Long-I middle
uniform uni/form Long-U initial
unify uni/fy Long-U initial
unique unique Long-U initial
unit unit Long-U initial
united united Long-U initial
universe uni/verse Long-U initial
university uni/ver/si/ty Long-U initial
unusual un/usu/al Long-U middle
usual usu/al Long-U initial
Utah Utah Long-U initial
utilize uti/lize Long-U initial
vacation va/ca/tion Long-A middle
valuable valu/able Long-U middle
vapor va/por Long-A middle
variety va/ri/e/ty Long-I middle
vibration vi/bra/tion Long-A middle
vibration vi/bra/tion Long-I middle
volcano vol/ca/no Long-A middle
volcano vol/ca/no Long-O final
we we Long-E final
zebra ze/bra Long-E middle
zero ze/ro Long-O final