how to pronounce хомяк

/xɐˈmʲak/

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хомяк is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… складывать или я как хомяк я складываю …”

meanings of хомяк

noun:

Homepage.
Hamster (small, short-tailed European rodent).
Fanboy, lemming, narrow-minded follower (usually of a blogger or a virtual community).

хомяк frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word хомяк occurs in russian on average 14.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.