how to pronounce черепаха

/t͡ɕɪrʲɪˈpaxə/

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черепаха is pronounced in four syllables

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t͡ɕ

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rʲ

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

“… 32 может ползти аки черепаха со …”

meanings of черепаха

noun:

Tortoise shell.
Tortoise.
Turtle.

черепаха frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word черепаха occurs in russian on average 2.9 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.