- 单音节 dānyīnjié monosyllablemonosyllable; monosyllabic
- 双音节 shuāngyīnjié disyllablea word or phrase consisting of two syllables
- 多音节词 duōyīnjiécí polysyllabic worda word consisting of more than two syllables; in Chinese, usually refers to words made up of three or more characters
- 重音节 zhòngyīnjié stressed syllablea syllable in a word that is pronounced with greater emphasis than the surrounding syllables
- 闭音节 bìyīnjié closed syllableA syllable that ends in a consonant.
- 音节体 yīnjiétǐ syllabic scripta writing system in which each character or symbol represents a full syllable
- 亚音节单位 yàyīnjiédānwèi subsyllabic unita unit of speech or language structure that is smaller than a full syllable
- 音节文字 yīnjiéwénzì syllabaryA type of phonetic writing system where each character or symbol represents a single spoken syllable.
