HSK 3 · Time

夏 xià “summer” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 夏 means

  1. summer
  2. the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
  3. Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432)

How to say 夏

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale夏xià4th tone, falling

夏 in a sentence

  1. 这里夏天非常热。

    Zhèlǐ xiàtiān fēicháng rè.

    It is very hot here in summer.

    Sentence #1397140 from Tatoeba

  2. 去年夏天我去意大利旅行。

    Qùnián xiàtiān wǒ qù Yìdàlì lǚxíng.

    Last summer I travelled to Italy.

    Sentence #861153 from Tatoeba

  3. 许多人夏天在这里游泳。

    Xǔduō rén xiàtiān zài zhèlǐ yóuyǒng.

    Many people swim here in the summer.

    Sentence #5900377 from Tatoeba

How 夏 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 夏 (xià) with each of its parts in a different colour
夏xiàsummer
  • 一one · yī
  • 自self · zì
  • 夂go · zhǐ

How to write 夏

夏 10 strokes

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夏 (xià) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 夏 (xià). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 夏

Words with 夏

夏天xiàtiān · summer夏令营xiàlìngyíng · summer camp

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FAQs

夏 (xià) means “summer” or “the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it xià: xià with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 夏 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 夏 from the suggestions. Typing xia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
夏 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.