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xià
HSK 2.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. summer

Example Sentences

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春去 来。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 476484)

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Words Containing 夏

江夏
jiāng xià

Jiangxia district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

夏天
xià tiān

summer

夏洛特
xià luò tè

Charlotte (name)

西夏区
xī xià qū

Xixia district of Yinchuan city 銀川市|银川市[yín chuān shì], Ningxia

夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng

a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)

夏河县
xià hé xiàn

Xiahe County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[gān nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet

赛夏族
sài xià zú

Saisiyat or Saisiat, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

夏季
xià jì

summer

季夏
jì xià

final month of summer (i.e. sixth month of lunar calendar)

夏威夷州
xià wēi yí zhōu

Hawaii, US state

江夏区
jiāng xià qū

Jiangxia district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

临夏回族自治州
lín xià huí zú zì zhì zhōu

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu

夏令营
xià lìng yíng

summer camp

夏时制
xià shí zhì

daylight saving time

冬虫夏草
dōng chóng xià cǎo

caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)

春生,夏长,秋收,冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng

sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)

夏延
xià yán

Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming

有夏
yǒu xià

China

夏洛特·勃良特
xià luò tè · bó liáng tè

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë sisters, author of Jane Eyre 簡·愛|简·爱[jiǎn · ài]

夏士莲
xià shì lián

Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products

夏日
xià rì

summertime

夏衍
xià yǎn

Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer

冬病夏治
dōng bìng xià zhì

to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)

夏津
xià jīn

Xiajin county in Dezhou 德州[dé zhōu], Shandong

夏利
xià lì

Xiali, car brand by Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company

半夏
bàn xià

Pinellia ternata

华夏银行
huá xià yín háng

Huaxia Bank

夏威夷火山国家公园
xià wēi yí huǒ shān guó jiā gōng yuán

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

夏克提
xià kè tí

Shakti (Hinduism)

夏至
xià zhì

Xiazhi or Summer Solstice, 10th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st June-6th July

初夏
chū xià

early summer

盛夏
shèng xià

midsummer

希夏邦马峰
xī xià bāng mǎ fēng

Mt Shishapangma or Xixiabangma in Tibet (8012 m)

安妮·夏菲维
ān ní · xià fēi wéi

see 安妮·海瑟薇[ān ní · hǎi sè wēi]

夏商周
xià shāng zhōu

Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties

巴克夏猪
bā kè xià zhū

Berkshire pig

夏普
xià pǔ

Sharp Corporation

夏令时
xià lìng shí

daylight saving time

夏洛特阿马利亚
xià luò tè ā mǎ lì yà

Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)

夏代
xià dài

Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC

德沃夏克
dé wò xià kè

Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony

夏正民
xià zhèng mín

Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge

夏津县
xià jīn xiàn

Xiajin county in Dezhou 德州[dé zhōu], Shandong

佛卡夏
fó kǎ xià

focaccia (loanword)

仲夏夜之梦
zhòng xià yè zhī mèng

Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[shā shì bǐ yà]

夏威夷
xià wēi yí

Hawaii, US state

帕夏
pà xià

pasha (loanword)

春夏秋冬
chūn xià qiū dōng

the four seasons

西夏
xī xià

Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols

夏王朝
xià wáng cháo

Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC

无冬无夏
wú dōng wú xià

regardless of the season

炎夏
yán xià

hot summer

夏黄公
xià huáng gōng

Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[huáng shí gōng] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[qín dài] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[huáng shí gōng sān lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]

夏威夷果
xià wēi yí guǒ

macadamia nut

临夏县
lín xià xiàn

Linxia County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[lín xià huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

宁夏省
níng xià shěng

former Ningxia province, now Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[níng xià huí zú zì zhì qū]

消夏
xiāo xià

to spend the summer

帕特丽夏
pà tè lì xià

Patricia

夏河
xià hé

Xiahe County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[gān nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet

夏历
xià lì

the traditional Chinese lunar calendar

夏目漱石
xià mù shù shí

Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelists

仲夏
zhòng xià

midsummer

夏洛特敦
xià luò tè dūn

Charlottetown, capital of Prince Edward Island, Canada

夏邑县
xià yì xiàn

Xiayi county in Shangqiu 商丘[shāng qiū], Henan

那玛夏乡
nà mǎ xià xiāng

Namaxia township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan

夏朝
xià cháo

Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC)

兰开夏郡
lán kāi xià jùn

Lancashire (English county)

汽车夏利股份有限公司
qì chē xià lì gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī

Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company, Ltd., established 1997

夏禹
xià yǔ

see 大禹[dà yǔ]

夏威夷岛
xià wēi yí dǎo

Hawaii island

临夏
lín xià

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[lín xià huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

夏尔巴人
xià ěr bā rén

Sherpa

夏县
xià xiàn

Xia county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[yùn chéng], Shanxi

夏洛克
xià luò kè

Shylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)

夏敬渠
xià jìng qú

Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[yě sǒu pù yán] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder

夏至点
xià zhì diǎn

the summer solstice

夏令
xià lìng

summer

立夏
lì xià

Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 5th-20th May

那玛夏
nà mǎ xià

Namaxia township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan

夏邑
xià yì

Xiayi county in Shangqiu 商丘[shāng qiū], Henan

大夏
dà xià

Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country

冬夏
dōng xià

winter and summer

帕特里夏
pà tè lǐ xià

Patricia

华夏
huá xià

Cathay

崔圭夏
cuī guī xià

Choe Gyuha (1919-2006), South Korean politician, president 1979-1980

临夏市
lín xià shì

Linxia, county-level city in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[lín xià huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu