Huaxia

Huaxia
The Yellow River Breaches its Course by Ma Yuan, Song dynasty
Traditional Chinese華夏
Simplified Chinese华夏
Literal meaningbeautiful grandeur
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáxià
Bopomofoㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhHwashiah
Wade–GilesHua2-hsia4
IPA[xwǎɕjâ]
Wu
Romanizationgho ya
Gan
Romanizationfa4 ha5
Hakka
Romanizationfa11 ha55
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingwaa4 haa6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJhôa-hā
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinesehwæ hæX
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*N-qʷʰˤra [ɢ]ˤraʔ

Huaxia is a historical concept representing the Chinese nation, and came from the self-awareness of a common cultural ancestry by the various confederations of pre-Qin ethnic ancestors of Han people.