how to pronounce пенсия

/ˈpʲenʲsʲɪjə/

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пенсия is pronounced in three syllables

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1.

pʲ

nʲ

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sʲ

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

“… живет на конечно эта пенсия не не такая …”

meanings of пенсия

noun:

Retirement.
Pension.

пенсия frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word пенсия occurs in russian on average 3 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.