how to pronounce жечь

/ʐɛt͡ɕ/

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жечь is pronounced in one syllable

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t͡ɕ

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

“… лишней из когда жечь поможет я слышал …”

meanings of жечь

verb:

To burn.
To torment.

жечь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word жечь occurs in russian on average 1.7 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.