How many syllables in being?

There are 2 syllables in the word being.

How to pronounce being:

being (noun):: a human being; the state or fact of existing.; the quality or state of having existence

actuality

aliveness

animal

animation

beast

beingness

body

coexistence

creature

eternity

existence

existent

existing

face of the earth

human being

individual

life

living

living thing

mortal

nonexistent

organism

possibility

possibleness

preexistence

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