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Hsia
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English
Alternative forms
en Xia Pinyin
Etymology
From en cmn - 夏 Xià en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hsia⁴.Xia dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Hsia, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Pronunciation
shyä
Proper noun
s
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en 2023-03-27 Chris Horton Taiwan’s Ex-President Heads to China in Historic and Closely Watched Visit w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230327065820/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/27/world/asia/taiwan-china-ma-visit.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific In February, the newly elected mayor of Taipei, Chiang Wan-an, welcomed a delegation from the Shanghai branch of the Taiwan Affairs Office. Andrew Hsia Andrew Hsia, a Kuomintang vice chairman, went to China and met with Wang Huning and Song Tao, two key figures in Beijing’s Taiwan strategy.
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en 2013 Earle Rice Jr. The Yangtze River Rivers of the World https://archive.org/details/yangtzeriver0000rice/ Hockessin, Delaware Mitchell Lane Publishers 9781612282992 2012009471 780484049 25270295M 19 https://archive.org/details/yangtzeriver0000rice/page/19/ China’s traditional history begins with the Hsia dynasty, ca. 2000 BCE.
en 2015 Xun Kuang Hsün Tzu Man's Nature Is Evil Michael Austin Reading the World: Ideas that matter https://archive.org/details/readingworldidea0000unse_j4k5/ 3rd w:W. W. Norton & Company 978-0-393-93630-8 20140338120 89 https://archive.org/details/readingworldidea0000unse_j4k5/page/89/ Tyrant Chieh or Robber Chih: according to tradition, Chieh was an evil ruler who brought down the great Hsia Dynasty.
en 2022-01-03 Dishan Joseph Understanding Chinese heritage and culture https://web.archive.org/web/20220102211703/https://www.dailynews.lk/2022/01/03/features/269138/understanding-chinese-heritage-and-culture 02 January 2022 w:Daily Mail Chinese historical tradition has it that the semi-historical rulers, Yao and Shun, and the first official dynasty, the Hsia dynasty ruled over parts of China with a centre in southern Shansi.
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Translations
surname; dynasty
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 夏 Xià
Japanese: ja
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Hsia is the 20739th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1275 individuals. Hsia is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.25%) individuals.
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Anagrams
en ahis HIAS HIAs HISA Shi'a Shia Siha ahis isha