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夏
xià
Main
English Definitionsummer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432); (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script夏
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinxià
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)haa6
Part of Speech(名) noun
Proficiency Test LevelTOCFL=3

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华夏huáxiàold name for China; Cathay
宁夏níngxiàNingxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 宁, capital Yinchuan 银川
盛夏shèngxiàmidsummer; the height of summer
西夏xīxiàWestern Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
初夏chūxiàearly summer
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