how to pronounce начальник

/nɐˈt͡ɕælʲnʲɪk/

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начальник is pronounced in three syllables

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t͡ɕ

lʲ

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nʲ

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

“… большое где это большой начальник этого …”

meanings of начальник

noun:

Chief, boss, superior, master, principal, commander.

начальник frequency in russian - B1 level of CEFR

the word начальник occurs in russian on average 41.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.