How to pronounce hierarchy: examples and online exercises

the above transcription of hierarchy is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

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audio example by a male speaker

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of hierarchy

haɪɚɑːɹkiː

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video examples of hierarchy pronunciation

An example use of hierarchy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… example my priorities in hierarchy of …”