how to pronounce нии

/nʲɪˈi/

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нии is pronounced in two syllables

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nʲ

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

“… специальность за партнер лес нии гриппа …”

meanings of нии

noun:

Research institute.

нии frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word нии occurs in russian on average 3.7 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.