how to pronounce стихи

/sʲtʲɪˈxʲi/

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стихи is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

sʲ

tʲ

2.

xʲ

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

“… вы могли бы выучить стихи, может быть, есть много поэтов, которые прошли через …”

meanings of стихи

noun:

Poem.
Nominative plural of стих (stix, “verse").
Accusative plural of стих (stix).
Nominative plural of стих (stix, “mood").

стихи frequency in russian - B1 level of CEFR

the word стихи occurs in russian on average 48.9 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.