Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 棗霞, 棗夏(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. ZAO-SHYA [key] Meaning & History From Chinese 棗 (zǎo) meaning "jujube, date, date palm" combined with 霞 (xiá) meaning "mist, haze, rosy clouds" or 夏 (xià) meaning "summer". Other character combinations can form this name as well.