the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia

summer

Hawaii, US state

Charlotte (name)

Shylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice); Sherlock (name)

summer

summertime

Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1})

summer camp

Sharp Corporation

midsummer; the height of summer

Xiali, car brand by Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company

see 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]; see 臨夏市|临夏市[Lin2 xia4 Shi4]; see 臨夏縣|临夏县[Lin2 xia4 Xian4]

midsummer; second month of summer

summer sets in

winter and summer

early summer

Pinellia ternata

old name for China; Cathay

Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC

summer; summer weather

two-character surname Xiahou

the traditional Chinese lunar calendar

Xia County or Xiaxian, a county in Yuncheng City 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi

old place name (up to Tang), in Hengshan county 橫山縣|横山县, Yulin, Shaanxi

Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming

Xia Dynasty (2070-1600 BC)

see 夏河縣|夏河县[Xia4 he2 Xian4]

see 夏津縣|夏津县[Xia4 jin1 Xian4]

see 大禹[Da4 Yu3]

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

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

summer clothing; summer clothes

see 夏邑縣|夏邑县[Xia4 yi4 Xian4]

Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country

the first month of summer (i.e. the fourth lunisolar month)

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

see 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

pasha (loanword)

to spend the summer; to get through the summer

China

see 江夏區|江夏区[Jiang1 xia4 Qu1]

to spend the summer; to take a summer vacation

hot summer; scorching summer

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

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

see 西夏區|西夏区[Xi1 xia4 Qu1]

Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[Huang2 Shi2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]

Linxia, a county in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu