how to pronounce духи

/dʊˈxʲi/

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духи is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… андалусия то есть именно духи для него …”

meanings of духи

noun:

Inanimate accusative plural.
Perfume.
Nominative plural.

духи frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word духи occurs in russian on average 37.9 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.