華夏

See also: 华夏

Chinese

		flourishing; illustrious	grand
trad. (華夏)		華	夏
simp. (华夏)		华	夏

Etymology

Ascribed in the Chronicle of "Zuo Qiuming" to a reference to China's "grand" ceremonial etiquette and "illustrious" clothing.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Huáxià

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴ haa⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fà-ha
Min Nan (POJ): Hôa-hā / Hôa-hēe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Huáxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hwashiah
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠³⁵ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: wàh hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑː²¹ hɑː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fà-ha
  - Hakka Romanization System: faˇ ha
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fa² ha⁴
  - IPA: /fa¹¹ ha⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-hā
  - Tâi-lô: Huâ-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'ha
  - IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴⁻¹¹ ha³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua²⁴⁻²² ha⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³⁻³³ ha³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hua²⁴⁻²² ha²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hôa-hēe
  - Tâi-lô: Huâ-hēe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³⁻²² hɛ²²/

Proper noun

華夏

(poetic, historical) Huaxia (the land of Chinese culture, particularly in ancient historical contexts, as distinguished from non-Chinese barbarians)

See also

諸夏／诸夏 (Zhūxià)

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