名动形数是实词,词首词尾多读[θ]①。
代副连介定读[δ]②,位于词中也读[δ]③。
说明:
①名词、动词、形容词、数词等实词,th在其词首或词尾多读[θ]。如:
theater ,thief,thousand ,Thursday ,Thanks, Three, throat, thirteen,thankful,earth, month, tooth, worth, breath,south,Smith等
②代词、副词、连词、介词和定冠词中的th都读[δ],如:
this, than,that,these, those, they,them, there,though,with,without,the,themselves等。
③位于单词中间的th也读[δ],如:
other,another,brother,mother,father,either,
neither,wheather,weather等。
但birthday,nothing等复合词中的th仍读[θ]。