how to pronounce сидеть

/sʲɪˈdʲetʲ/

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сидеть is pronounced in two syllables

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sʲ

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dʲ

tʲ

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

“… могут сидеть в засаде учиться подбирать …”

meanings of сидеть

verb:

To sit.
To stay at home with somebody, to look after somebody (с (s) + instrumental).
To be imprisoned, to do time.

сидеть frequency in russian - B1 level of CEFR

the word сидеть occurs in russian on average 47.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.