Sentence examples for hsia from inspiring English sources

Xia dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Hsia, (c. 2070 c. 1600 bc), early Chinese dynasty mentioned in legends.

Chinese legendary history can be traced back to 2697 bc, the first year of Huang Ti (Chinese: Yellow Emperor), who was followed by many successors and by the three dynasties, the Hsia, the Shang, and the Chou.

This "first month" of the Chou year (Chou cheng) was equivalent to the 11th month of the Hsia year (Hsia cheng) or to the 12th month of the Shang year.

This lunar year (or Hsia cheng) was used till the last day of the Ch'ing, or Manchu, dynasty (1644 1911/12).

The Ch'in year was continuously used until 104 bc, when Emperor Han Wu Ti promulgated the T'ai-ch'u calendar by reverting to the Hsia cheng i.e., by taking the third month of the Chou year, or the second lunation after the winter solstice, as the first month of the civil year.

Largely because of her role in the Buddhist-temple episode, Hsia was convicted last March of five felonies in federal district court in Washington, and she will probably be sentenced later this fall.

Kao-hsiung, Pinyin Gaoxiong, Japanese Takao, special municipality (chih-hsia shih, or zhizia shi) and major international port in southwestern Taiwan.

Taiwan Strait, also called Formosa Strait, Chinese (Wade-Giles romanization) T'ai-wan Hai-hsia or (Pinyin) Taiwan Haixia, arm of the Pacific Ocean, 100 miles (160 km) wide at its narrowest point, lying between the coast of China's Fukien province and the island of Taiwan (Formosa).

More, as is already the case, having the West align itself, in effect, with a Hsia-dominated, Iranian-directed campaign dies the cause a good deal of harm.

Some expatriates, including Hwa Shi-Hsia, 28, a biologist who lives in Singapore, are determined to vote even if the rules are not changed before the next election.

He executed many paintings on the sliding panels of the Reiun-in monastery in Kyōto, where he decorated three rooms with landscapes painted in the styles of three different Chinese masters: the soft ink-wash style of Mu-ch'i Fa-ch'ang (late 12th early 13th century); the hard, stiff style of Hsia Kuei (1195 1224); and the broken ink style of Yü Chien (c. 1230).