1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú

1 the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC

2 Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)

3 surname Xia

1 summer

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 an order (esp. army)

2 bugle call expressing military order

3 verbal command

1 to give an order

2 to command

1 to order again and again (idiom)

1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles

1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions

2 to ensure strictly obedience

1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)

1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)