The /ʒ/ sound

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Tongue	The tongue raises a bit in the middle. It does not touch the roof of the mouth. It presses against the inside corner of the top teeth. The front part of the tongue comes down not touching anything in the mouth.
Lips	The corners of the lips come in. The rest of the lips flare.
Teeth	The teeth are together.
Vocal Chords	The vocal cords vibrate.

Examples of words with the /ʒ/ sound

treasure /ˈ t r ɛ ʒ ə r/	Pronounced by Matthew
vision /ˈ v ɪ ʒ ə n/	Pronounced by Matthew
zhou /ˈ ʒ u/	Pronounced by Matthew
leisure /ˈ l ɛ ʒ ə r/	Pronounced by Salli
measure /ˈ m ɛ ʒ ə r/	Pronounced by Kendra
occasionally /ə ˈ k e ɪ ʒ ə n ə l i/	Pronounced by Matthew
aversion /ə ˈ v ɜ r ʒ ə n/ /ə-ˈvɜr-ʒən/	Pronounced by Justin
mirage /m ə r ˈ ɑ ʒ/	Pronounced by Joanna
usual /ˈ j u ʒ ə w ə l/ˈ j u ʒ u ə l	Pronounced by Joey
computervision /k ə m ˈ p j u t ə r ʒ ə n/	Pronounced by Joanna

Examples of words with the /ʒ/ sound