how to pronounce слышать

/ˈsɫɨʂətʲ/

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слышать is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… эту историю и клиент это слышать да и …”

meanings of слышать

verb:

To hear.
To smell, to feel (a smell).

слышать frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word слышать occurs in russian on average 22.9 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.