how to pronounce ничего

/nʲɪt͡ɕɪˈvo/

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ничего is pronounced in three syllables

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nʲ

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t͡ɕ

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

“… а у него даже ничего и накрытым вот так …”

meanings of ничего

pronoun:

So-so, not bad, pretty.
Never mind!; that's all right!; no problem!.
Nothing (genitive of the indefinite pronoun ничто́ (ništó)...the nominative is rarely used, and the genitive is preferred).

ничего frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word ничего occurs in russian on average 614.1 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.