How to say xia

xia in its 3 tones, said in a female or a male voice. Tap a tone to hear it.

xia

Tap a tone to hear it; tap it again to hear it slower.

Voice

How to say it

x: Between s and sh: the tongue tip rests behind the lower teeth and the lips stay spread, like a soft “sh”.

Its tones

xiā 虾 shrimp · xiá 侠 knight-errant · xià 下 down. xiǎ isn’t used in standard Mandarin. The pinyin trainer practices telling them apart in real words.

Sounds near it

Learners often mix xia up with these. Listen to them one after the other.

Words with xia

下xiànext
下雨xiàyǔto rain
下班xiàbānto get off work
下课xiàkèto finish class
下午xiàwǔafternoon
一下yíxiàall of a sudden
下来xiàlai(after an adjective) indicates a growing state (as in 静下来)
下面xiàmiànnext
下去xiàquon (keep going
夏天xiàtiānsummer
以下yǐxiàthe following
底下dǐxiaunder

The voices are generated speech (ElevenLabs), the same two the app’s word cards use, each tone said as one real word. The words are from the official HSK list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus), easiest first. Every syllable is on the pinyin chart.