how to pronounce пингвин

/pʲɪnɡˈvʲin/

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пингвин is pronounced in two syllables

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pʲ

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vʲ

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

“… сделала astra пингвин когда сказал эти …”

meanings of пингвин

noun:

Penguin.

пингвин frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word пингвин occurs in russian on average 1 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.