how to pronounce хирург

/xʲɪˈrurk/

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хирург is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… случалось правда что хирург случайно мог …”

meanings of хирург

noun:

Surgeon, not therapist, not hospital nurse.

хирург frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word хирург occurs in russian on average 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.