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Sz is a digraph of the
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, used in Polish, Kashubian and Hungarian, and in the
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Polish

In Polish orthography, sz represents a voiceless retroflex fricative . It usually corresponds to š or ш in other Slavic languages. It is usually approximated by English speakers with the "sh" sound (and conversely, Polish speakers typically approximate the English digraph ''sh'' with the "sz" sound), although the two sounds are not completely identical. Like other Polish digraphs, it is not considered a single letter for collation purposes. sz should not be confused with ś (or s followed by i), termed "soft sh", a voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative .


Examples of sz

(''area, territory'')
(''coat, cloak'')
(''Thomas'') Compare ś:
(''candle'')
(''to go'')
(''August'')


Kashubian

In Kashubian, sz represents a
voiceless postalveolar fricative A voiceless postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some Speech, spoken languages. The International Phonetic Association uses the term ''voiceless postalveolar fricative'' only for the sound #Voiceless palato-alveolar frica ...
, identical to the English "sh". It corresponds to the voiceless retroflex fricative in Polish.


Examples

:These examples are Kashubian words that use the letter sz, with the English translation following. *szãtopiérz = ''bat'' *szczawa = ''sorrel'' *szczãka = ''jaw'' *szczëka = ''pike (fish type)'' *szerszéń = ''hornet''


Hungarian

''Sz'' is the thirty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet. It represents and is called "esz" . Thus, names like '' Liszt'' are pronounced ''list.'' In Hungarian, even if two characters are put together to make a different sound, they are considered one letter (a true digraph), and even
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s keep the letter intact. Hungarian usage of ''s'' and ''sz'' is almost the reverse of the Polish usage. In Hungarian, ''s'' represents (a sound similar to ). Therefore, the Hungarian capital of
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is natively pronounced (), rhyming with standard English ''fleshed'' rather than ''pest''. There is also a zs in Hungarian, which is the last (forty-fourth) letter of the alphabet, following z.


Examples

These examples are Hungarian words that use the letter sz, with the English translation following: *szabó = ''tailor'' *szép = ''beautiful'' *szikla = ''rock'' *szőke = ''blonde'' *szülő = ''parent'' *szusi = ''sushi'' *Olaszország = ''Italy'' *Szudán = ''Sudan''


Wade–Giles

In the Wade–Giles system of Romanization of Mandarin, is used to represent the syllabic with the "empty rime". See Wade–Giles → Empty rime.


Hong Kong Government Romanization of Cantonese

In the unpublished romanisation scheme employed by the Hong Kong government, ''sz'' is sometimes used in combination with ''e'' to represent the syllable , as in '' Sheung Sze Wan'' (''Sēungsīwāan'' in Yale romanization). ''Sz'' also appears in the sequence ''tsz'', representing the syllables and , as in '' Tsz Tin Tsuen'' and '' Tsz Wan Shan'' (''Jítìhnchyūn'' and ''Chìhwàhnsāan'' respectively in Yale romanization).


See also

* Hungarian alphabet * Polish alphabet * ß, called S-Sharp


References

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