how to pronounce начальство

/nɐˈt͡ɕælʲstvə/

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начальство is pronounced in three syllables

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t͡ɕ

lʲ

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

“… этот сборник уже что-то начальство из …”

meanings of начальство

noun:

Command, direction.
Chief, head, boss.
Authorities.

начальство frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word начальство occurs in russian on average 6.8 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.