шь & щ

[ugly-boy.livejournal.com]

Are шь and щ the same? Also, is this analogy correct:

щ : ш :: тщ : ч

Does the sound "тщ" (presumably as in Mandarin q) exist?

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[xantha.livejournal.com]

ч = cheh

but ц = tseh

[some fonts show ц looking more like ч... my husband the native speaker has even gotten confused by fonts in the past.]

Щ is really more like schyah in practice (though my russian prof taught us shch as well).