中夏

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (中夏)		中	夏
simp. ^#(中夏)		中	夏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōngxià

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongsià
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-hsia⁴
  - Yale: Jūng-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongshiah
  - Palladius: Чжунся (Čžunsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Proper noun

中夏

(literary) China
- 目中夏而布德，瞰四裔而抗稜。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  目中夏而布德，瞰四裔而抗棱。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1st century CE, Ban Gu, 東都賦
  Mù Zhōngxià ér bù dé, kàn sìyì ér kàngléng. [Pinyin]
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- 法流中夏，自法顯始也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  法流中夏，自法显始也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Li Daoyuan, Commentary on the Water Classic, 386-534 CE
  Fǎ liú Zhōngxià, zì Fǎ Xiǎn shǐ yě. [Pinyin]
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(literary) Central Plain
- 昔三方之王也，魏人據中夏，漢氏有岷益，吳制荊揚而奄交廣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  昔三方之王也，魏人据中夏，汉氏有岷益，吴制荆扬而奄交广。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 3rd cenutry CE, Lu Ji, 辯亡論下
  Xī sān fāng zhī wáng yě, Wèi rén jù Zhōngxià, Hàn shì yǒu Mín Yì, Wú zhì Jīng Yáng ér yǎn Jiāo Guǎng. [Pinyin]
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Noun

中夏

(literary) midsummer; height of summer