how to pronounce вздыхать

/vzdɨˈxatʲ/

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вздыхать is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… не водит за собою толпу вздыхать или …”

meanings of вздыхать

verb:

To sigh, to take breath.
To long (for), to sigh (for), to pine (after, for), to yearn (after, for).

вздыхать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word вздыхать occurs in russian on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.