Re: Word count of minimum vocabulary

Oliver Cromm wrote:
If the English word "teapot" is written 茶瓶, is it still one word or two
words or two tze or what?

It depends on the stress pattern: whether there is one syllable that
is stressed distinctly stronger than the other, or two more or less
equally stressed syllables.

Btw, 茶瓶 would be a tea-bottle. Teapot is 茶壺.

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