夏荒

夏荒

Chinese

		summer; Xia (proper name)	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (夏荒)		夏	荒
simp. #(夏荒)		夏	荒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàhuang
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-huang¹
    • Yale: syà-hwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahhuang
    • Palladius: сяхуан (sjaxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjä⁵¹ xwɑŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

夏荒

1. summer famine; summer shortage

   • 去年夏荒，鄉政府從二百多里的公略縣辦了米來救濟群眾。 [MSC, trad.]
     去年夏荒，乡政府从二百多里的公略县办了米来救济群众。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1934, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關心群眾生活，注意工作方法》 (Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition

     Qùnián xiàhuāng, xiāng zhèngfǔ cóng èrbǎi duō lǐ de Gōnglüè Xiàn bàn le mǐ lái jiùjì qúnzhòng. [Pinyin]

     During the food shortage last summer, the township government obtained rice from Kunglueh County, more than two hundred li away, for the relief of the masses.