You say squeak as a one-syllable word pronounced like skweek. In phonetic spelling, it is /skwiːk/ in International Phonetic Alphabet, rhyming with week, peak, and cheek. Break it down as s plus queak, with the sk sound at start like in sky, followed by wee sound like in week, and ending with k sound. The squea part is pronounced like squi in squirrel but with ee sound. Emphasis is on the single syllable, so say it quickly and sharply with a high-pitched tone to imitate actual squeak. In American English, it is pronounced skweek with long e. In British English, pronunciation is same. For children learning, you can say it as sk-wee-k. The past tense squeaked is pronounced skweeked, and squeaky is skwee-kee. If you want to imitate the sound itself, you can make a short high-pitched eek noise. So to say squeak correctly, keep it short, high, and crisp, like the sound a mouse makes, skweek. Practice by saying week and adding sk at beginning.
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