Chinese words pronounced xia (any tone) 29 words, in the 3 tones xia is read in. xiā (1st tone) 4 words 瞎(xiā) blind 虾(xiā) shrimp 呷(xiā) sip 煆(xiā) raging fire 瞎(xiā) blind 蝦(xiā) shrimp 呷(xiā) sip 煆(xiā) raging fire xiá (2nd tone) 19 words 辖(xiá) linchpin 峡(xiá) gorge 侠(xiá) knight-errant 瑕(xiá) blemish 狭(xiá) narrow 匣(xiá) box 霞(xiá) rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset 暇(xiá) leisure 狎(xiá) treat frivolously 硖(xiá) place name 柙(xiá) cage 祫(xiá) triennial sacrifice to ancestors 轄(xiá) linchpin 峽(xiá) gorge 俠(xiá) knight-errant 瑕(xiá) blemish 狹(xiá) narrow 匣(xiá) box 霞(xiá) rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset 暇(xiá) leisure 狎(xiá) treat frivolously 硤(xiá) place name 柙(xiá) cage 祫(xiá) triennial sacrifice to ancestors All 19 words pronounced xiá xià (4th tone) 6 words 下(xià) down 夏(xià) summer 吓(xià) frighten 唬(xià) scare 厦(xià) used in 厦门 Xiàmén 罅(xià) crack 下(xià) down 夏(xià) summer 嚇(xià) frighten 唬(xià) scare 廈(xià) used in 厦门 Xiàmén 罅(xià) crack