My first thought was "Xitter! That's clever, but I'm not sure if it's as funny if you're not familiar with pinyin". If you're not familiar with pinyin, do you

My first thought was "Xitter! That's clever, but I'm not sure if it's as funny if you're not familiar with pinyin". If you're not familiar with pinyin, do you still read that X as making an "Sh" sound, as in Xi Jinping?