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Xià

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Xià Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Xià | Xia4
English translation
abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門
>厦门 Xià mén [Xià mén], Fujian
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shà | sha4
English translation
tall building
mansion
rear annex
lean-to
also pr. [xià]
large building; mansion

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About Xià

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

shà

Contains the radical

hǎn

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

building

Etymology of Xià

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

厂夏

Semantic compound

hǎn

Phonetic compound

Xià

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. hǎn represents the meaning and Xià represents the sound. Simplified form of shà .

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Example sentences using Xià

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帕森斯夸口 kuā kǒu shuì , Shàn shì 胜利 shènglì 大厦 dàshà ,挂出 de 旗子 qí zi jiù yǒu 四百那么 nà me cháng .

Parsons boasted that Victory Mansions alone would display four hundred metres of bunting.

jiē 下来 xià lai de 小时 xiǎoshí nèi , 南塔五角大厦相继 xiāng jì zāo 撞击 zhuàng jī .

Within an hour, the South Tower and the Pentagon were also hit.

世界贸易中心 Shì jiè Mào yì Zhōng xīn (大厦 dàshà ) yǒu duō Gāo ? altitude zhǐ 高于 gāo yú 地面 dì miàn huò 海面 hǎi miàn de 高度 gāo dù Yóu zhǐ 超过 chāoguò 海面的高度”,复数 fù shù zhǐ 高地 gāo dì Gāo chǔ ”,

What's the height of the World Trade Center?

Cóng 这儿 zhè r 可以 kěyǐ 看到议会 yì huì Xià 大笨 Zhōng .

You can see the house of parliament and big Ben from here.

shuí ràng 进入 jìn rù zhè 大厦 dàshà de ?

Who let you into the building?

Words with Xià

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
大厦 dàshà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Dì guó Dà shà Empire State Building etc)大廈
厦门 Xià mén Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. shà | Xià [Xià]廈門
Xià mansion shà
厦门市 Xià mén shì also known as Amoy廈門市
高楼大厦 gāo lóu dà shà tall building高樓大廈
厦门大学 Xià mén Dà xué Xiamen University廈門大學
摩天大厦 mó tiān dà shà skyscraper摩天大廈
金茂大厦 Jīn mào Dà shà Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai金茂大廈
大厦将倾 dà shà jiāng qīng great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation大廈將傾
噶厦 gá xià government of Tibet, dissolved in 1959噶廈

Xià Decomposition & Compounds

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Xià Decomposition

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