Sounds kind of like "j" in English "jeep", but with the tip of the tongue behind the lower teeth.

ㄐㄧㄚ

home

ㄐㄩˊㄗ˙

tangerine

橘子

IPA: [t͡ɕ]

Sounds kind of like "ch" in English "cheap", but with the tip of the tongue behind the lower teeth.

ㄑㄧㄢˊ

money

ㄑㄩˋ

to go

IPA: [t͡ɕʰ]

Sounds kind of like "sh" in English "sheep", but with the tip of the tongue behind the lower teeth.

ㄒㄧㄠˇ

small

ㄧㄝˇㄒㄩˇ

perhaps

也许

IPA: [ɕ]



Single-syllable audio courtesy of the AllSet Learning Chinese Pronunciation Wiki, used with permission.

HSK word audio courtesy of Audio-cmn. (CC BY-SA 3.0)