Meanings
Noun
1. Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer
next summer
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
summer season
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
this summer; next summer; last summer
last summer; summer of last year
summertime
midsummer; (arch.) China; (arch.) capital (city)
hot summer; middle of summer
Western Xia (1038-1227); Western Hsia; Tangut Empire; Mi-nyak
Ministry of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
Mainland China
end of summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
hot summer
three summer months
temperate climate with a rainy summer