西夏

Chinese

		west	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (西夏)		西	夏
simp. #(西夏)		西	夏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ haa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sî-Ha
• Eastern Min (BUC): Să̤-hâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-Hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sisià
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: Syī-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shishiah
    • Palladius: Сися (Sisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: sāi hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ haː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sî-Ha
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ ha
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹ ha⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴⁻¹¹ ha⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Să̤-hâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ɑ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-Hā
    • Tâi-lô: Se-Hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'ha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ha²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ ha⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ha²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ha³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ha³³/

Proper noun

西夏

1. the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227); the Tangut Empire

Derived terms

• 西夏文 (xīxiàwén)
• 西夏語／西夏语 (xīxiàyǔ)

 

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	夏
せい Grade: 2	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ːka̠]

Proper noun

西(せい)夏(か) • (Seika) 

1. the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227); the Tangut Empire

Derived terms

• 西夏語(せいかご) (Seikago)
• 西夏文字(せいかもじ) (Seika moji)

Korean

Hanja in this term
西	夏

Proper noun

西夏 • (Seoha) (hangeul 서하)

1. hanja form^? of 서하 (“the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227); the Tangut Empire”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西	夏

Proper noun

西夏

1. chữ Hán form of Tây Hạ (“the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227); the Tangut Empire”).