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How to pronounce shy in English

Shy
/ʃaɪ/

Examples from movies with Shy

- Come on, Danny, don't be shy. - Read us something you've started.
Memphis Belle - Poetry
but he was just too shy to show them.
Flipped - Meeting Bryce Loski
I'm basically a shy person.
Stripes - Psycho and Ox
No, I'm not. Why are you being shy?
Garden State - Sir Tim
- Yeah, don't be shy, Tim. - It's just... It's made-up.
Garden State - Sir Tim
Don't be shy. Tell them what you said to me last night.
Garden State - Sir Tim

Audio pronunciation of Shy

American pronunciation

Shy pronounced by Ivy (child, girl)
Shy pronounced by Joanna (female)
Shy pronounced by Kendra (female)
Shy pronounced by Kimberly (female)
Shy pronounced by Salli (female)
Shy pronounced by Joey (male)
Shy pronounced by Justin (child, boy)
Shy pronounced by Matthew (male)

British pronunciation

Shy pronounced by Amy (female)
Shy pronounced by Emma (female)
Shy pronounced by Brian (male)