how to pronounce жизни

/ˈʐɨzʲnʲɪ/

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the above transcription of жизни is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

жизни is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

zʲ

2.

nʲ

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

“… я хочу что-то в жизни поменять но что я …”

meanings of жизни

noun:

Nominative/accusative plural.
Genitive/dative/prepositional singular.

жизни frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word жизни occurs in russian on average 717.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.