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夏

xià

HSK 3 Character

What 夏 means

1. summer

Other readings

夏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xiàthe Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia

Example sentences

• 夏天来了。
  Summer is coming.
• 我爱夏天。
  I love summer.
• 夏天过去了。
  The summer is over.
• 蛇诱惑了夏娃。
  Shé yòuhuò le Xiàwá.
  The serpent tempted Eve.
• 我不喜欢夏天。
  I don't like summer.
• 我想去夏威夷。
  I'd like to go to Hawaii.

Words starting with 夏

• 夏令营xià lìng yíngsummer camp
• 夏天xià tiānsummer
• 夏季xià jìsummer
• 夏日xià rìsummertime
• 夏威夷Xià wēi yíHawaii, US state
• 夏利Xià lìXiali, car brand by Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company
• 夏娃Xià wáEve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible)…
• 夏至Xià zhìXiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 21st June-6th July
• 夏普Xià pǔSharp Corporation
• 夏装xià zhuāngsummer clothing; summer clothes
• 夏代Xià dàiXia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
• 夏令xià lìngsummer; summer weather
• 夏州Xià zhōuold place name (up to Tang), in Hengshan county 横山县, Yulin, Shaanxi
• 夏延Xià yánCheyenne, capital of Wyoming
• 夏历xià lìthe traditional Chinese lunar calendar
• 夏朝Xià cháoXia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC)
• 夏令时xià lìng shídaylight saving time
• 夏克提Xià kè tíShakti (Hinduism)
• 夏商周Xià Shāng zhōuXia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
• 夏奥会Xià ào huìthe Summer Olympic Games; the Summer Olympics
• 夏时制xià shí zhìdaylight saving time
• 夏正民Xià Zhèng mínJustice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
• 夏洛克Xià luò kèShylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice); Sherlock (name)
• 夏王朝Xià wáng cháoXia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC

Words containing 夏

• 华夏Huá xiàold name for China; Cathay
• 盛夏shèng xiàmidsummer; the height of summer
• 初夏chū xiàearly summer
• 春夏秋冬chūn xià qiū dōngthe four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter
• 西夏Xī XiàWestern Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of…
• 仲夏zhòng xiàmidsummer; second month of summer
• 立夏Lì xiàLixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-20th May
• 大夏Dà xiàHan Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country
• 华夏银行Huá xià Yín hángHuaxia Bank
• 入夏rù xiàsummer sets in
• 半夏bàn xiàPinellia ternata
• 季夏jì xiàfinal month of summer (i.e. sixth month of lunar calendar)
• 帕夏pà xiàpasha (loanword)
• 度夏dù xiàto spend the summer; to get through the summer
• 有夏Yǒu xiàChina
• 消夏xiāo xiàto spend the summer; to take a summer vacation
• 佛卡夏fó kǎ xià(loanword) focaccia
• 宁夏省Níng xià Shěngformer Ningxia province, now Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区
• 临夏市Lín xià ShìLinxia, a county-level city in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 临夏回族自治州
• 西夏区Xī xià QūXixia, a district of Yinchuan City 银川市
• 赛夏族Sài xià zúSaisiyat or Saisiat, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 金夏沙Jīn xià shāKinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tw)
• 帕特里夏Pà tè lǐ xiàPatricia
• 帕特丽夏Pà tè lì xiàPatricia

Characters that look like 夏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 复fùto go and return; to return; to resume
• 星xīngstar; heavenly body; satellite
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 袤màolength; distance from north to south
• 昱yùbright light
• 笈jítrunks (for books)

Sounds the same

Read xià, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 下down; downwards; below
• 吓to frighten; to scare
• 罅crack; grudge
• 丅old variant of 下
• 夓old variant of 夏
• 厦abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 厦门