/fə'netɪk; fə`nɛtɪk/
adj (linguistics 语言)
1 of or concerning the sounds of human speech 语音的.
2 (of a method of writing speech sounds) using a symbol for each distinct sound or sound unit （指标音法）使用音标的
*phonetic symbols, alphabet, transcription 音标、语音字母、标音.
3 (of spelling) corresponding closely to the sounds represented （指拼写）拼写与发音相似的
*Spanish spelling is phonetic. 西班牙语的拼写与发音相似.

adj technical
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin;Origin: phoneticus, from Greek, from phone; PHON-]
relating to the sounds of human speech
using special signs, often different from ordinary letters, to represent the sounds of speech
　a phonetic alphabet
　phonetic symbols