Sounds kind of like "j" in "jerk", but voiceless and with the tongue further back in the mouth.

ㄉㄠˋ

to know

知道

ㄓㄠˋㄆㄧㄢˋ

photograph

照片

IPA: [ʈ͡ʂ]

Sounds kind of like "ch" in "chirp", but with the tongue further back in the mouth.

to eat

ㄔㄨㄑㄩˋ

to go out

出去

IPA: [t͡ɕʰ]

Sounds kind of like "sh" in "Shrek", but with the tongue further back in the mouth.

ㄕˊ

ten

ㄕㄥㄏㄨㄛˊ

life

生活

IPA: [ʂ]

Sounds kind of like "sur" in "pleasure", but with the tongue further back in the mouth. Depending on the speaker, this sound may or may not sound buzzy.

ㄖˋ

sun

ㄖㄣˊ

person

IPA: [ɻ ~ ʐ]



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)