"Hsia" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "夏",
        "tr": "Xià"
      },
      "expansion": "夏 (Xià)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cmn-wadegiles",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Wade–Giles",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 夏 (Xià) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hsias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Hsias"
      },
      "expansion": "Hsia (plural Hsias)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 27, Chris Horton, “Taiwan’s Ex-President Heads to China in Historic and Closely Watched Visit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27, Asia Pacific:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "id": "en-Hsia-en-name-EMUC1F3L",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Xià",
          "sense": "surname; dynasty",
          "word": "夏"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Xia"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Earle Rice Jr., The Yangtze River (Rivers of the World), Hockessin, Delaware: Mitchell Lane Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 19:",
          "text": "China’s traditional history begins with the Hsia dynasty, ca. 2000 BCE.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Hsün Tzu, “Man's Nature Is Evil”, in Michael Austin, editor, Reading the World: Ideas that matter, 3rd edition, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 89:",
          "text": "Tyrant Chieh or Robber Chih: according to tradition, Chieh was an evil ruler who brought down the great Hsia Dynasty.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 3, Dishan Joseph, “Understanding Chinese heritage and culture”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2022-01-02:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of Xia"
      ],
      "id": "en-Hsia-en-name-V3uu5w7s",
      "links": [
        [
          "Xia",
          "Xia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin"
      ],
      "word": "Xia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Encyclopædia Britannica",
    "Hsia"
  ],
  "word": "Hsia"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Mandarin",
    "English terms borrowed from Wade–Giles",
    "English terms derived from Mandarin",
    "English terms derived from Wade–Giles",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "夏",
        "tr": "Xià"
      },
      "expansion": "夏 (Xià)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cmn-wadegiles",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Wade–Giles",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 夏 (Xià) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hsias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Hsias"
      },
      "expansion": "Hsia (plural Hsias)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 27, Chris Horton, “Taiwan’s Ex-President Heads to China in Historic and Closely Watched Visit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27, Asia Pacific:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Xia"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Earle Rice Jr., The Yangtze River (Rivers of the World), Hockessin, Delaware: Mitchell Lane Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 19:",
          "text": "China’s traditional history begins with the Hsia dynasty, ca. 2000 BCE.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Hsün Tzu, “Man's Nature Is Evil”, in Michael Austin, editor, Reading the World: Ideas that matter, 3rd edition, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 89:",
          "text": "Tyrant Chieh or Robber Chih: according to tradition, Chieh was an evil ruler who brought down the great Hsia Dynasty.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 3, Dishan Joseph, “Understanding Chinese heritage and culture”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2022-01-02:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of Xia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Xia",
          "Xia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin"
      ],
      "word": "Xia"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Xià",
      "sense": "surname; dynasty",
      "word": "夏"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Encyclopædia Britannica",
    "Hsia"
  ],
  "word": "Hsia"
}