how to pronounce читать

/t͡ɕɪˈtatʲ/

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читать is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

t͡ɕ

2.

tʲ

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

“… кто он такой будете читать журнале сразу …”

meanings of читать

verb:

To recite.
To teach.
To understand, to interpret, to decipher.
To pronounce, to deliver.
To tell, to say (for the purpose of a lesson).
To read.
To lecture, to give a lecture, to deliver a lecture.

читать frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word читать occurs in russian on average 122 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.