Hsia
noun
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
Xia
-
a variation of
Hsia.
Example Sentences
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Gavalas named his chatbot Xia, and as their conversations became deeper and lasted longer, Gemini began referring to Gavalas as its husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Quadriplegic and confined to a medicalised portable cabin in the Chinese countryside, 36-year-old Li Xia can only move one finger and one toe, which he uses to manage a high-tech farm.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
For years, Times environmental reporter and Pulitzer finalist Rosanna Xia has been covering the legacy of forever chemical DDT, a pesticide once applied to humans as innocuously as hairspray and yardhose water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Dr Xia suggested that it could be evidence of fraud.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
All three of China’s first three dynasties, the Xia and Shang and Zhou Dynasties, arose in North China in the second millennium B.C.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
