j
Sounds kind of like "j" in English "jeep", but with the tip of the tongue behind the lower teeth.
jiā
home
家
júzi
tangerine
橘子
q
Sounds kind of like "ch" in English "cheap", but with the tip of the tongue behind the lower teeth.
qián
money
钱
qù
to go
去
x
Sounds kind of like "sh" in English "sheep", but with the tip of the tongue behind the lower teeth.
xiǎo
small
小
yěxǔ
perhaps
也许
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)