西夏

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīxià

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - 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

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

Derived terms

西夏文 (xīxiàwén)
西夏語 / 西夏语 (xīxiàyǔ)

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
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	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
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	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
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	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)

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)

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

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

Chinese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

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Derived terms

Korean

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Vietnamese

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