caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
Hawaiʻi, largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago
Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelists
1. Berkshire pig2. Berkshire swine
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony
1. the four seasons2. spring, summer, autumn and winter
1. regardless of the season2. all the year round
Lancashire (English county)
希夏邦马峰 希夏邦馬峰 xī xià bāng mǎ fēng Mt Shishapangma or Xixiabangma in Tibet (8012 m)
夏洛特阿马利亚 夏洛特阿馬利亞 xià luò tè ā mǎ lì yà Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
宁夏回族自治区 寧夏回族自治區 níng xià huí zú zì zhì qū Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 银川市[yín chuān shì] (short name 宁[níng])
临夏回族自治州 臨夏回族自治州 lín xià huí zú zì zhì zhōu Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, in Gansu Province 甘肃省[gān sù shěng]
see 宁夏回族自治区[níng xià huí zú zì zhì qū]
see 临夏回族自治州[lín xià huí zú zì zhì zhōu]
the first month of summer (i.e. the fourth lunisolar month)
Lixia or Start of Summer, 7th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-20th May
Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products
the Summer Olympic Games; the Summer Olympics
Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[yě sǒu pù yán] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder
Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
Xia dynasty, unconfirmed but placed at c. 2070-c. 1600 BC
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黄石公[huáng shí gōng] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[qín dài] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黄石公三略[huáng shí gōng sān lüè], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
Choe Gyuha (1919-2006), South Korean politician, president 1979-1980
Saisiyat or Saisiat, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)
Charlottetown, capital of Prince Edward Island, Canada
仲夏夜之梦 仲夏夜之夢 zhòng xià yè zhī mèng Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚[shā shì bǐ yà]
夏洛特·勃良特 xià luò tè · bó liáng tè Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë sisters, author of Jane Eyre 簡·简·爱[jiǎn ài]
夏虫不可以语冰 夏蟲不可以語冰 xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
夏威夷火山国家公园 夏威夷火山國家公園 xià wēi yí huǒ shān guó jiā gōng yuán Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏 春生，夏長，秋收，冬藏 chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tw)