Simply speaking, the number of times you open your mouth to pronounce a word is the number of syllables. Therefore, "waters" would have two syllables.
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There are three Chinese syllables in the word "syllables."
There are 3 syllables in symphony:sym/pho/ny
there are 2 syllables in stomach. To see why, search 'How many syllables in attack?'
There are 14 syllables.
there are 3 syllables
4 syllables am- phi- bi- an
Awake has two syllables. The syllables are a-wake.
Happened has two syllables. The syllables are hap-pened.
Two syllables
three syllables
2 syllables