霞

xiá

HSK 2.0 Level 6 Rare

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1. rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

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• 晚霞 wǎn xiá 晚霞 wǎn xiá sunset glow 晚霞映红了天空: sunset glow

Synonyms

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• 彩霞 cǎi xiá 彩霞 cǎi xiá clouds tinged with sunset hues 天空中出现了彩霞: clouds tinged with sunset hues

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Collocations

Typically used in compound words like 晚霞 (evening glow), 朝霞 (morning glow) rather than standalone in modern Chinese.

Common mistakes

霞 is a noun for the colored clouds/sky itself, not the rays of light. Do not confuse with 光 (light rays).

Words Containing 霞

• 彩霞 彩霞 cǎi xiá: clouds tinged with sunset hues
• 丹霞 丹霞 dān xiá: Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong
• 丹霞地貌 丹霞地貌 dān xiá dì mào: Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)
• 丹霞山 丹霞山 dān xiá shān: Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong
• 伏明霞 伏明霞 fú míng xiá: Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion
• 如火晚霞 如火晚霞 rú huǒ wǎn xiá: clouds at sunset glowing like fire
• 徐霞客 徐霞客 xú xiá kè: Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記|徐霞客游记[xú xiá kè yóu jì]
• 徐霞客游记 徐霞客游记 xú xiá kè yóu jì: Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客[xú xiá kè] on geology, geography, plants etc
• 晚霞 晚霞 wǎn xiá: sunset glow
• 林青霞 林青霞 lín qīng xiá: Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress
• 栖霞 栖霞 xī xiá: Xixia, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
• 栖霞区 栖霞区 qī xiá qū: Qixia District of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
• 栖霞市 栖霞市 xī xiá shì: Xixia, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
• 烟霞 烟霞 yān xiá: haze
• 王军霞 王军霞 wáng jūn xiá: Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner
• 赤霞珠 赤霞珠 chì xiá zhū: Cabernet Sauvignon (grape type)
• 霞光 霞光 xiá guāng: multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset
• 霞多丽 霞多丽 xiá duō lì: Chardonnay (grape type)
• 霞山 霞山 xiá shān: Xiashan District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[zhàn jiāng shì], Guangdong
• 霞山区 霞山区 xiá shān qū: Xiashan District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[zhàn jiāng shì], Guangdong
• 霞径 霞径 xiá jìng: a misty path
• 霞浦 霞浦 xiá pǔ: Xiapu county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
• 霞浦县 霞浦县 xiá pǔ xiàn: Xiapu county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
• 霞飞 霞飞 xiá fēi: Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One