'Cheers' has only one syllable. It is spoken all on one go, with no break.
The 'ch' is pronounced like the ch in channel.
'eer' is prounced like the eer in beer.
The 's' is pronounced like a 'z', like the zz in buzz.
In RP standard English cheerful has two syllables CHEER-FUL. But there is a common, and acceptable, non-standard pronunciation which gives it three syllables CHEE-ER-FUL.
Both syllable counts are correct, both are natural; which pronunciation is adopted will depend mostly on the regional accent of the speaker, but to some extent on mood and sentence ictus.
---- A second opinion
most people would say it has two
To mean the same thing? If so there is content, joyful, cheerful,...
The superlative of cheerful is "most cheerful."
more cheerful, most cheerful
The word "cheerful" does not have a prefix. It does have a suffix. "ful"
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To mean the same thing? If so there is content, joyful, cheerful,...
The superlative of cheerful is "most cheerful."
Everyone is cheerful.
more cheerful, most cheerful
The word "cheerful" does not have a prefix. It does have a suffix. "ful"
The word "cheerful" is in the King James Version of the Bible 4 times. It is in 4 verses.
There are 3 syllables in symphony:sym/pho/ny
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4 syllables am- phi- bi- an
Awake has two syllables. The syllables are a-wake.
There are 14 syllables.
There are two syllables in "wistfully."