how to pronounce дядя

/ˈdʲædʲə/

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дядя is pronounced in two syllables

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dʲ

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dʲ

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

“… говорили о там мне дядя и стене у него …”

meanings of дядя

noun:

Uncle.
Fellow, strong fellow, guy.
Man.

дядя frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word дядя occurs in russian on average 15.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.