The word "star" only has one syllable.
There are two syllables. Star-tle.
One.
one.
The word superstar has three syllables. Sup-er-star.
Sound out the word and the breaks are syllables. Starvation would be star-va-tion.
There are three syllables. Star-va-tion.
The word start has one syllable.
Clap the word. There's two: star-ted.
There are three syllables in the word syllables.
There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
There are 2 syllables.
The word 'answer' has 2 syllables. An-swer.