how to pronounce сюрприз

/sʲʊrˈprʲis/

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сюрприз is pronounced in two syllables

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sʲ

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rʲ

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

“… такая была сюрприз то что нам нужно …”

meanings of сюрприз

noun:

Surprise (something unexpected).

сюрприз frequency in russian - B1 level of CEFR

the word сюрприз occurs in russian on average 38.1 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.