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bonsai

How many syllables in bonsai?

  2 syllables

Divide bonsai into syllables:   bon-sai
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What rhymes with bonsai

1 syllable
  • ay
  • bae
  • Bligh
  • by
  • cry
  • di
  • dry
  • eye
  • fi
  • fry
  • gae
  • hi
  • Hy
  • ly
  • mei
  • NYE
  • pi
  • ply
  • pty
  • rye
  • sky
  • spry
  • Sri
  • Sy
  • thigh
  • tie
  • tye
  • why
  • Wye
  • aye
  • bi
  • buy
  • bye
  • cy
  • die
  • dye
  • fae
  • fly
  • Frye
  • guy
  • high
  • I
  • lye
  • nigh
  • phi
  • pie
  • pry
  • pye
  • sigh
  • sly
  • spy
  • sty
  • tae
  • thy
  • try
  • vie
  • wry
2 syllables
  • aby
  • air-dry
  • ally
  • anti
  • awry
  • Bacchae
  • banzai
  • bee fly
  • belie
  • big lie
  • black tie
  • blow-dry
  • blowfly
  • Bo Hai
  • botfly
  • buckeye
  • bye-bye
  • cat's-eye
  • Chennai
  • cockeye
  • come by
  • cow pie
  • cross-eye
  • decry
  • deep-sky
  • defy
  • deny
  • do by
  • drip-dry
  • dry fly
  • Eli
  • face fly
  • flesh fly
  • flyby
  • freeze-dry
  • fruit fly
  • gallfly
  • GI
  • go by
  • goodbye
  • grisaille
  • Haggai
  • heel fly
  • hi-fi
  • horn fly
  • housefly
  • July
  • Kasai
  • lay by
  • Lehigh
  • Levi
  • magpie
  • Masai
  • medfly
  • Moirai
  • Mumbai
  • necktie
  • nisi
  • outcry
  • pad thai
  • panfry
  • pigsty
  • Po Hai
  • potpie
  • Qinghai
  • rabbi
  • reply
  • ride high
  • rough-dry
  • Sakai
  • sci-fi
  • Sendai
  • shanghai
  • sheep's eye
  • Sinai
  • small-fry
  • standby
  • string tie
  • swear by
  • test-fly
  • tie-dye
  • tongue-tie
  • twist tie
  • untie
  • Versailles
  • well-nigh
  • whitefly
  • wise guy
  • agley
  • Alai
  • Altai
  • apply
  • aye-aye
  • Baha'i
  • barfly
  • Belgae
  • bely
  • bigeye
  • blackfly
  • blowby
  • blue-sky
  • bone-dry
  • Brunei
  • bugeye
  • canaille
  • catchfly
  • chess pie
  • cockshy
  • comply
  • crane fly
  • deadeye
  • deep-fry
  • deerfly
  • Delphi
  • descry
  • dong quai
  • drop by
  • elhi
  • espy
  • firefly
  • fly high
  • forby
  • frogeye
  • gadfly
  • get by
  • gi
  • good-bye
  • greenfly
  • gun-shy
  • Hawkeye
  • hereby
  • hog-tie
  • horsefly
  • imply
  • Karzai
  • knee-high
  • lay-by
  • let fly
  • lie by
  • mai tai
  • mayfly
  • mistry
  • mooneye
  • nearby
  • nilgai
  • outbye
  • oxeye
  • Panay
  • Parcae
  • pinkeye
  • pop fly
  • put by
  • quasi
  • rely
  • retry
  • rocaille
  • run dry
  • sand fly
  • semi
  • set by
  • Shanghai
  • shoofly
  • sky-high
  • stand by
  • stir-fry
  • supply
  • terai
  • thereby
  • titi
  • Transkei
  • two-ply
  • vat dye
  • walleye
  • whereby
  • wild rye
  • WY
3 syllables
  • assai
  • Chiang Mai
  • fish-eye
  • jai alai
  • Lanai
  • mind's eye
  • overfly
  • pop eye
  • red-eye
  • rib eye
  • semidry
  • shut-eye
  • underly
  • black eye
  • dry eye
  • glass eye
  • lanai
  • mao-tai
  • my eye
  • piece-dye
  • PSI
  • resupply
  • screw eye
  • serai
  • underlie
4 syllables
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