how to pronounce половина

/pəɫɐˈvʲinə/

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половина is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… думаешь угу ну там как половина заказа …”

meanings of половина

noun:

Half, moiety.

половина frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word половина occurs in russian on average 36.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.