初夏

初夏

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	summer; Xia (proper name)
simp. and trad. (初夏)		初	夏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ haa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû-ha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chūxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushiah
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: chō hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ ha⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ häː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-ha
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu´ ha
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ ha⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ ha⁵⁵/

Noun

初夏

1. early summer (generally)

Proper noun

初夏

1. (archaic) The fourth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

• 梅月 (Méiyuè), 麥月／麦月, 清和 (Qīnghé), 桐夏, 余月, 孟夏 (Mèngxià), 純月／纯月

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	夏
しょ Grade: 4	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

初夏 (hiragana しょか, rōmaji shoka)

1. beginning of summer

Related terms

• 夏 (なつ) (natsu): summer
• 晩 (ばん)夏 (か) (banka): end of summer