Four: sen-SA-tion-al.
There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
The word 'answer' has 2 syllables. An-swer.
4: sen-say-shun-al. Generally, just count the number of times that single vowels or groups of vowels appear inside the word. There are exceptions e.g. words ending in es.
There are four syllables in the word "usually".
Sensational; amazing, unbelievable,
The word has three syllables.
The syllables in the word what is only 1 : "what".
The word apotex has three syllables. The syllables in the word are a-po-tex.
The word prophets has two syllables. The syllables of the word are pro-phets.
4 syllables are in the word di·ver·si·ty.
Their are two syllables in the word silly.
2 syllables are in the word nuisance. :)