音节(英语:syllable)是人讲话出声音的基本单位,比论讲"人"这个名词著是一个音节,白话字传统上若咧写台语本身的言语,拢是用连字号(-)共音节隔开。
im-tsat (Ing-gí: syllable) sī lâng kóng-uē tshut siann-im ê ki-pún tān-ui. Pí-lūn-kóng "lâng" tsit-ê bîng-sû tio̍h sī tsi̍t-ê im-tsat. Pe̍h-uē-jī thuân-thóng-siōng nā teh siá Tâi-gí pún-sin ê giân-gí, lóng sī īng liân-jī-hō (-) kā im-tsat keh khui.