夏 (xià) means Summer (Xia Dynasty 2070 BC–1600 BC). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
夏 天的水果特别甜。
Xiàtiān de shuǐguǒ tèbié tián.
Summer fruit is especially sweet.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 夏
夏 天很热,我经常去游泳。
Xiàtiān hěn rè, wǒ jīngcháng qù yóuyǒng.
Summer is hot, so I often go swimming.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 夏
夏 令营一共七天。
Xiàlìngyíng yígòng qī tiān.
The summer camp lasts seven days in all.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 夏令营
南方的 夏 天很潮湿。
Nánfāng de xiàtiān hěn cháoshī.
Summers in the south are very humid.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 潮湿
盆地里 夏 天特别热。
Péndì lǐ xiàtiān tèbié rè.
Summers in the basin are especially hot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盆地
夏 天我喜欢吃冰激凌。
Xiàtiān wǒ xǐhuan chī bīngjīlíng.
I like eating ice cream in summer.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冰激凌
他参加了一个 夏 令营。
Tā cānjiā le yí ge xiàlìngyíng.
He took part in a summer camp.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 夏令营
夏 天的中午非常炎热。
Xiàtiān de zhōngwǔ fēicháng yánrè.
Summer middays are extremely hot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 炎热
夏 天的夜晚显得格外短促。
Xiàtiān de yèwǎn xiǎnde géwài duǎncù.
Summer nights seem particularly fleeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 短促
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Words that contain 夏
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Questions about 夏
How is 夏 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 夏 (xià, "Summer (Xia Dynasty 2070 BC–1600 BC)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 夏 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 夏 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 夏 an HSK word?
Yes — 夏 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 夏?
The dictionary page for 夏 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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