how to pronounce речь

/rʲet͡ɕ/

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речь is pronounced in one syllable

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1.

rʲ

t͡ɕ

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

“… если не знаете о ком речь книг и вот …”

meanings of речь

noun:

Word.
Discourse, talk, conversation.
Speech, language (spoken).

речь frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word речь occurs in russian on average 116.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.