1.在th后以字母组合er或ern结尾的单词中,或者最后一个字母是不发音的e时,th读浊辅音/如: father, mother, brother, feather, weather, whether, leather, further, southern, northern, either, bathe, breathe等2.一般情况下,字母组合th在代词、冠词、介词、连词或副词中,读浊辅音/ ,如:this,that,these,those,they,them,their,theirs,there,the,than,then,though,thus,therefore,within,without等只有介词through和throughout是例外3.字母组合在数词(包括基数词和序数词)中读清辅音/ ,如:three,thirteen,thousand,third,fourth等4.除上述单词外,大部分位于词首的th读/ ,如:thank,theatre,theme,theory, thick, thin, thing, think, thirsty,thread,throat,thunder,Thursday,等5.以th结尾的单词,th读清辅音/,如:bath,both,breath,path,tooth等。
只有在少数单词中,如:with,smooth中,th读浊辅音6.在复合词中,th的读音与在原词中的读音相同如:something, angthing,nothing等7.还有其他一些无规律可循的词,如:maths, clothes, clothing, author等。