how to pronounce покинуть

/pɐˈkʲinʊtʲ/

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покинуть is pronounced in three syllables

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kʲ

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tʲ

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

“… перед тем как покинуть ваникоро дюмон …”

meanings of покинуть

verb:

To abandon, to desert.
To leave, to quit, to forsake.

покинуть frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word покинуть occurs in russian on average 12.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.