Hsia

English

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Etymology

From Mandarin 夏 (Xià) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴.[1]

Proper noun

Hsia (plural Hsias)

  1. A surname.
    • 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:
      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.
  2. Alternative form of Xia
    • 2013, Earle Rice Jr., The Yangtze River (Rivers of the World)‎, Hockessin, Delaware: Mitchell Lane Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 19:
      China’s traditional history begins with the Hsia dynasty, ca. 2000 BCE.
    • 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:
      Tyrant Chieh or Robber Chih: according to tradition, Chieh was an evil ruler who brought down the great Hsia Dynasty.
    • 2022 January 3, Dishan Joseph, “Understanding Chinese heritage and culture”, in Daily Mail‎, archived from the original on 02 January 2022:
      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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsia.

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Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hsia is the 20739th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1275 individuals. Hsia is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.25%) individuals.

References
  1. Xia dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Hsia, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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