夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
Pinyin

Definition

夏威夷
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Xià wēi yí
  1. Hawaii, US state

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夏
Xià
  1. 1 the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
  2. 2 Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)
  3. 3 surname Xia
夏天
xià tiān
  1. 1 summer
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
威武
wēi wǔ
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable
初夏
chū xià
  1. 1 early summer
助威
zhù wēi
  1. 1 to cheer for
  2. 2 to encourage
  3. 3 to boost the morale of
匪夷所思
fěi yí suǒ sī
  1. 1 unimaginable
  2. 2 outrageous
  3. 3 freakish
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
夏娃
Xià wá
  1. 1 Eve (in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waā})
夏季
xià jì
  1. 1 summer
夏日
xià rì
  1. 1 summertime
夏普
Xià pǔ
  1. 1 Sharp Corporation
夏河
Xià hé
  1. 1 Xiahe county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gān nán Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
夏洛克
Xià luò kè
  1. 1 Shylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)
  2. 2 Sherlock (name)
夷
yí
  1. 1 non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
  2. 2 barbarians
  3. 3 to wipe out
  4. 4 to exterminate
  5. 5 to tear down
  6. 6 to raze
威
wēi
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 might
  3. 3 prestige
威信
Wēi xìn
  1. 1 Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhāo tōng], Yunnan
威力
wēi lì
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable power
威严
wēi yán
  1. 1 dignified
  2. 2 imposing
  3. 3 august
  4. 4 awe-inspiring
  5. 5 awe
  6. 6 prestige
  7. 7 dignity
威士忌
wēi shì jì
  1. 1 whiskey (loanword)
威尼斯
Wēi ní sī
  1. 1 Venice
  2. 2 Venezia

Idioms (11)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
  1. 1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. 1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
威震天下
wēi zhèn tiān xià
  1. 1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
  1. 1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
狐假虎威
hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
  1. 1 lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
耀武扬威
yào wǔ yáng wēi
  1. 1 to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around
  2. 2 to bluff
  3. 3 to bluster

Sample Sentences

夏威夷果？名字好奇怪！是夏威夷产的吗？
Xiàwēiyí guǒ ？míngzi hǎo qíguài ！shì Xiàwēiyí chǎn de ma ？
Hawaiian nuts? What a strange name! Are they produced in Hawaii?
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上面写的是：夏威夷果。
shàngmian xiě de shì ：Xiàwēiyí guǒ 。
It’s written on top: ‘Hawaiian Nuts’.
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我下星期去夏威夷。
wǒ xiàxīngqī qù Xiàwēiyí 。
I'm going to Hawaii next week.
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