Tips:

• Pronounce this word as three syllables, giving a minor stress to the first syllable and the major stress to the third syllable.
• Pronounce the initial letter “e” as the short vowel
  /ɛ/—like the vowel in the word “bed.”
• Pronounce the letter “x” as the consonant cluster /ks/. However, stop-but-do-not-explode the consonant “k” /k̚/ and then release the air on
  /s/, which forms a consonant cluster with the letter “p” to begin the second syllable [spo͜u].
• Pronounce the letter “s” as as the voiced consonant
  /z/.
• Pronounce the final letter “e” like the name of the letter “a”—
  /e͜i/.