夏
Meanings
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- 1.the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
- 2.Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432)
- 3.surname Xia
- 1.summer
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Wiktionary
- 1.great; grand; magnificent; eminent
- 2.a large house / hall
- 3.the Xia people; the people of the Central Plains; by extension, China; the Chinese
- 4.the Xia dynasty
- 5.a dynastic / regime name “Xia” used by later states in Chinese history
- 6.Xia (407–431, founded by Helian Bobo)
- 7.Xia (618–621, founded by Dou Jiande)
- 8.Western Xia (1038–1227, founded by the Tangut people)
- 9.Xia (1362–1371, founded by Ming Yuzhen)
- 10.a surname
- 11.variegated; five-coloured; splendid (esp. of feathers, ornamentation, dyed silk)
- 12.the name of an ancient ceremonial music / hymn; also a ceremonial dance
- 13.the Xia River (an ancient river, traditionally said to flow in summer and dry in winter)
- 14.an old name for the Han River
- 15.summer
- 16.a Buddhist rains retreat
- 17.a rod / cane used for corporal punishment (esp. in schools); also, to cane, to beat
- 18.used in place names
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Etymology
Some scholars identify an oracle bone character ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 日 (“sun”) + 頁 (“head; man”) as this character – a man under the scorching sun; summer. However, it only appears as a diviner's name, making the identification uncertain. In Spring and Autumn period bronze inscriptions, various variants appeared. 止 (“foot”) was often added below the man, and in some forms 日 was removed while 𦥑 (“two hands”) was added. The seal script inherits from the latter form, with 止 replaced by the related 夊. Warring States period forms also varied. The bamboo and silk script above shows a common form: 日 + 止 + 頁. The "ancient script" (古文) in Shuowen (labelled as large seal script) has deviated significantly, with 止 becoming 足 and the top part possibly a corruption of 頁. The current form derives from the seal script, with 𦥑 and the legs of 頁 removed. Unrelated to 复. ; “great; Xia Dynasty; China; Chinese” ; “magnificent colours; variegated”
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Components
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Example sentences
汤姆在夏休回乡看望父母。
Tom returned to his hometown to visit his parents during the summer break.
多虧了冷夏，啤酒賣的不好。
Thanks to a cold summer, beer has sold poorly.
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