Hsia

English

Alternative forms

• Xia (Hanyu Pinyin)

Etymology

From Mandarin 夏 (Xià) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴.

Proper noun

Hsia (plural Hsias)

1. A surname.
   • 2023 March 27, Chris Horton, “Taiwan’s Ex-President Heads to China in Historic and Closely Watched Visit”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     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, a Kuomintang vice chairman, went to China and met with Wang Huning and Song Tao, two key figures in Beijing’s Taiwan strategy.

2. Alternative form of Xia
   • 2013, Earle Rice Jr., The Yangtze River (Rivers of the World)‎^[3], Hockessin, Delaware: Mitchell Lane Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 19:

     China’s traditional history begins with the Hsia dynasty, ca. 2000 BCE.

   • 2015, Hsün Tzu, “Man's Nature Is Evil”, in Michael Austin, editor, Reading the World: Ideas that matter‎^[4], 3rd edition, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 89:

     Tyrant Chieh or Robber Chih: according to tradition, Chieh was an evil ruler who brought down the great Hsia Dynasty.

   • 2022 January 3, Dishan Joseph, “Understanding Chinese heritage and culture”, in Daily Mail‎^[5], archived from the original on 02 January 2022:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsia.

Translations

surname; dynasty

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夏 (zh) (Xià)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hsia is the 20739^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1275 individuals. Hsia is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• “Hsia”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Hsia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Hsia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Hsia” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• HIAs, Shi'a, Shia, Siha, ahis, isha