What does kk mean?

KK generally has the following meanings, which should be understood in combination with the specific language environment:

When playing games, KK means fast.

②KK phonetic symbol is an international phonetic symbol.

③KK is a chat platform, but it doesn't exist for a long time, so not many people know it. Compared with UC, it feels more intuitive and friendly.

KK phonetic symbol

KK (kenyon and Knodt) is the common name of American English pronunciation dictionary. This dictionary was first published in 1944. The surnames of John Samuel kenyon and Thomas A. Knodt both start with K, so the phonetic symbols used in this dictionary are generally called KK phonetic symbols.

KK is the phonetic symbol of American English pronunciation, and most of the symbols are consistent with the international phonetic symbol. Because it is a wide phonetic symbol, the long o compound vowel of "toe" is only represented by an [o], not an [o].

KK and IPA have some contradictions, mostly for the convenience of printing:

Symbol [? 5? 6] (minus U) instead of IPA [? 0? 3], that is, the second half of the compound vowel of the foot and mouth.

"G after the tail" replaced the "G after the tail" of IPA.

The symbol [r] replaces IPA's [? 0? 6], that is to say, American English has no gingival sound of fricative sound.

Stress and secondary stress symbols are slightly inclined to the middle, not vertical. In other words, it is written like \ and/or instead of | and |.

Semicolon [:] replaces IPA's long tag [? 0? 9], but KK usually doesn't mark long notes.

G with horizontal bar in foreign words (? 0? 1) instead of IPA [? 0? 4], that is, there is a soft palate rubbing sound.

One of the main uses of KK phonetic symbols is to teach non-English speakers to learn the pronunciation of American English. It is widely used in Taiwan Province province.