4
Indicate the syllables like this: e·con·o·my. The "e" should be underlined because it is the syllable that has the emphasis. It is pronounced /iˈkänəmē/.
Three
A hyphen (-) is used to indicate the division between a word's syllables.
There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
The word 'answer' has 2 syllables. An-swer.
There are four syllables in the word "usually".
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.