大夏

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	summer; Xia (proper name)
trad. (大夏)		大	夏
simp. ^#(大夏)		大	夏

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàxià

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàsià
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: dà-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshiah
  - Palladius: дася (dasja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    大夏
    大廈／大厦

Middle Chinese: dajH|daH haeX

Rime
Character	大	大	夏
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	II
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	胡雅切
Baxter	dajH	daH	haeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɦˠa^X/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɦᵚa^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɣa^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/da^H/	/ɦaɨ^X/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɣa^X/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɣa^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/dʱɑ^H/	/ɣa^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	xià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	do⁶	haa⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s [ɢ]ˤraʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːds ɡraːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	夏
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	xià
Middle Chinese	‹ da^H ›	‹ daj^H ›	‹ hæ^X ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*[ɢ]ˁraʔ/
English	big	big	great; pertaining to Chinese civilization
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	夏
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
No.	1934	1939	13452
Phonetic component	大	大	夏
Rime group	祭	祭	魚
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	下
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*ɡraːʔ/

Noun

大夏

(historical) a type of dance originating in the Zhou dynasty or earlier
Alternative form of 大廈／大厦 (dàshà)

Proper noun

大夏

Xia dynasty
Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms)
Alternative name for 西夏 (Xīxià).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàxià

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàsià
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: dà-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshiah
  - Palladius: дася (dasja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
    大夏
    大廈／大厦

Middle Chinese: dajH|daH haeH

Rime
Character	大	大	夏
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	II
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	胡駕切
Baxter	dajH	daH	haeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɦˠa^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɦᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɣa^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/da^H/	/ɦaɨ^H/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɣa^H/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɣa^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/dʱɑ^H/	/ɣa^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	xià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	do⁶	haa⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s [ɡ]ˤraʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːds ɡraːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	夏
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	xià
Middle Chinese	‹ da^H ›	‹ daj^H ›	‹ hæ^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/[ɡ]ˁraʔ/ (~ [ɡ]ˁraʔ-s)
English	big	big	summer
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	夏
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
No.	1934	1939	13454
Phonetic component	大	大	夏
Rime group	祭	祭	魚
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	暇
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*ɡraːs/

Noun

大夏

summer

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàxià

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàsià
  - Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: Dà-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahshiah
  - Palladius: Дася (Dasja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: dajH|daH haeX

Rime
Character	大	大	夏
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	歌 (94)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	II
Fanqie	徒蓋切	唐佐切	胡雅切
Baxter	dajH	daH	haeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɦˠa^X/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɦᵚa^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɣa^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daj^H/	/da^H/	/ɦaɨ^X/
Li Rong	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɣa^X/
Wang Li	/dɑi^H/	/dɑ^H/	/ɣa^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑi^H/	/dʱɑ^H/	/ɣa^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dài	duò	xià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daai⁶	do⁶	haa⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s [ɢ]ˤraʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːds ɡraːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	大	大	夏
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dà	dà	xià
Middle Chinese	‹ da^H ›	‹ daj^H ›	‹ hæ^X ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!)	/*lˁa[t]-s/	/*[ɢ]ˁraʔ/
English	big	big	great; pertaining to Chinese civilization
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	大	大	夏
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
No.	1934	1939	13452
Phonetic component	大	大	夏
Rime group	祭	祭	魚
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	䭾	大	下
Old Chinese	/*daːds/	/*daːds/	/*ɡraːʔ/

Proper noun

大夏

Bactria

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