how to pronounce бежать

/bʲɪˈʐatʲ/

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бежать is pronounced in two syllables

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bʲ

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tʲ

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An example use of бежать in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… решить скорее бежать там и так далее нет …”

meanings of бежать

verb:

To avoid, to be avoiding, to shun, to be shunning.
To run, to be running.
To flee, to be fleeing.

бежать frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word бежать occurs in russian on average 20.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.