how to pronounce церковь

/ˈt͡sɛrkəfʲ/

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церковь is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

t͡s

2.

fʲ

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

“… за чего ты хочешь церковь суть в другом …”

meanings of церковь

noun:

Church (religious group).
Church (house of worship).

церковь frequency in russian - A2 level of CEFR

the word церковь occurs in russian on average 77.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.