夏衍 in English Xia4 Yan3 Meaning

Meanings

  • Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer

Simplified Characters

夏 衍

Traditional Characters

夏 衍

Pinyin

Xia4 Yan3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

夏xia4the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC 衍yan3to spread out