# 大夏
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàxià
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàxià
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàsià
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-hsia$^4$
*** Yale: dà-syà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshiah
*** Palladius: дася (dasja)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$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 | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | haa$^6$ |
* 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: ta$^4$-hsia$^4$
*** Yale: dà-syà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshiah
*** Palladius: дася (dasja)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$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 | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | haa$^6$ |
* 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

* 大夏 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Daxia (English)
Loanword.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Dàxià
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Dàxià
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Dàsià
*** Wade–Giles: Ta$^4$-hsia$^4$
*** Yale: Dà-syà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahshiah
*** Palladius: Дася (Dasja)
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | haa$^6$ |
* 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