how to pronounce течь

/tʲet͡ɕ/

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течь is pronounced in one syllable

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tʲ

t͡ɕ

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

“… у нас получилось что могут течь ток и …”

meanings of течь

verb:

To leak.
To flow, to run, to stream, to move.

noun:

Leak.

течь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word течь occurs in russian on average 2.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.