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Hsia

Hsia proper noun: a surname. Also the alternative form of Xia.

Proper noun

Hsia (plural Hsias)

  1. A surname.
    • 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.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 27 Mar 2023, Asia Pacific

Also used as

Hsia is also the alternative form of Xia.

Forms of Hsia

pluralHsias
alternative Hanyu-PinyinXia

Origin of Hsia

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

Questions about Hsia

What does Hsia mean?
Hsia means a surname.
What part of speech is Hsia?
Hsia is a proper noun.

Words near Hsia in the dictionary

  1. Hsi-sha
  2. Hsi-shuang-pan-na
  3. Hsi-shui
  4. Hsi-tsang
  5. Hsi-tsang Tzu-chih-ch'ü
  6. Hsia
  7. Hsia-lu
  8. Hsia-men
  9. Hsia-p'u
  10. Hsialuho
  11. Hsiamen

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