hạ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haː˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [haː˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [haː˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 夏. Doublet of hè. Compare xe and xa, chè and trà. Also compare Japanese go-on reading げ (ge) and kan-on reading か (ka) of the same Chinese word.

Noun

hạ

(literary) summer
Synonym: hè

xuân hạ thu đông
spring, summer, fall and winter

Derived terms

仲夏 (trọng hạ)
夏威夷 (Hạ Uy Di)
夏至 (hạ chí)
孟夏 (mạnh hạ)
寧夏 (Ninh Hạ)
立夏 (lập hạ)
西夏 (Tây Hạ)

See also

Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
xuân (“spring”)	hè, hạ (“summer”)	thu (“fall; autumn”)	đông (“winter”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 下.

Verb

hạ

to lower
Antonym: nâng
to bring down, to take down
bắn hạ ― to shoot down
(in a competition) to defeat
(card games) to play (a card)

See also

Derived terms

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