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Can a Chinese character have multiple syllables?
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A syllable is the smallest phonetic unit of a single vowel phoneme and consonant phoneme in a language, and a single vowel phoneme can also form its own syllable.

Chinese syllables are phonetic units composed of initials and finals, and a single vowel can also be a syllable.

For non-tonal language, such as English, Spanish, Russian, etc. The main body of pronunciation is syllable. For tonal languages, such as Chinese and Thai, there are tones in addition to syllables, and syllables plus tones are pronunciation.

The number of syllables in Mandarin is about 400, and the pronunciation is about 1300.

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Chinese syllables are usually spelling syllables composed of initials and finals, spelling syllables composed of two finals, and syllables with single vowels; Consonant phonemes in the phonetic family are used to label Chinese initial phonemes, and vowel phonemes and consonant phonemes are combined to label Chinese vowel phonemes.