How do you pronounce (x's) in Chinese in relation to different words?
ex. (xian, xi)

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x:  Move upward and forward the front part of your tongue surface and make it approach the front hard palate, with a narrow chink left; pronounce with the breath squeezing out from the chink.
s: Stretch forward the tip of your tongue and make it approach the back of the upper teeth, with a narrow chink left; pronounce with the breath squeezing out from the chink.

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i don't really understand ur question, but x is an initial, its pronounciation doen't change, the difference depends on the finals combine with it.

x can combine with these finals: xi xia xie xiao xiu xian xin xiang xing

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x vs s? please send me your email by the italki online message and i'll mail you my pronunciation.

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resemble the pronounciation of "ch" in Deutsch.

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differect to explain.
now try to this way：
first，when you pron“ ∫”，your tongue backward，sound from there
then put your tongue forward，the sound at mid tongue“x”pron；
or this way：
when pron”s”your tip tongue to the root of front teeth，next  roll a little your tip tongue to pron “x”
try to do ，if you still  can pron well，i will find another explain.

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