how to pronounce руки

/rʊˈkʲi/

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руки is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… там тут жить и в руки это упала они там …”

meanings of руки

noun:

Genitive singular of рука́ (ruká).
Nominative/accusative plural of рука́ (ruká).

руки frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word руки occurs in russian on average 266.1 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.