how to pronounce русский

/ˈruskʲɪj/

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русский is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… вон там кусочек это русский север он …”

meanings of русский

noun:

A Russian (a citizen or resident of Russia).
The Russian language (short for ру́сский язы́к (rússkij jazýk)).
A Russian, an ethnic Russian person (for Russian national or resident, see россия́нин (rossijánin)).

adjective:

Russian, related to Russian ethnicity, language, or culture.
Russian, related to the Russian state.

русский frequency in russian - A2 level of CEFR

the word русский occurs in russian on average 73.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.