清明
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[edit]clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure |
clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty | ||
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trad. (清明) | 清 | 明 | |
simp. #(清明) | 清 | 明 | |
anagram | 明清 |
Etymology
[edit]From 清 (OC *sʰleŋ, “clear; pure”) + 明 (OC *mraŋ, “bright”). Attested in Shijing ("(of governance) to be methodical, orderly"), Xunzi ("(of water) clear and bright"), Classic of Rites ("sober, calm"; "(of voice) clear"), Lost Book of Zhou ("(the date of) Qingming, from brightness, clearness of the scenery"), Guoyu ("southeasterly winds").
Pronunciation 1
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qin1 min2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cing1 ming4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhîn-mìn
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-bêng
- (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng1 mêng5
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1chin-min6 / 1chin-min2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cingmíng
- Wade–Giles: chʻing1-ming2
- Yale: chīng-míng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingming
- Palladius: цинмин (cinmin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: qin1 min2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kinmin
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ min²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cing1 ming4
- Yale: chīng mìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsing1 ming4
- Guangdong Romanization: qing1 ming4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-mìn
- Hakka Romanization System: qinˊ minˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qin1 min2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin²⁴ min¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-bêng
- Tâi-lô: tshing-bîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhengbeeng
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cêng1 mêng5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng mêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ meŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Adjective
[edit]清明
- clear and bright
- sober and calm; (of a patient's mind) clear
- (of a government or administration) well-ordered
- peaceful (times)
Synonyms
[edit]- (well-ordered): (literary) 道明 (dàomíng)
Derived terms
[edit]Pronunciation 2
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): Qin1 min2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cing1 ming4-2 / cing1 ming4
- Gan (Wiktionary): qin1 min
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): qing1 ming1
- Northern Min (KCR): Chéng-mêng
- Eastern Min (BUC): Chĭng-mìng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): Chheng-bêng / Chhiⁿ-miâ / Chhuiⁿ-miâ / Chheⁿ-miâ
- (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng1 mêng5
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1chin-min6 / 1chin-min2
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cin1 min2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Cingmíng
- Wade–Giles: Chʻing1-ming2
- Yale: Chīng-míng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chingming
- Palladius: Цинмин (Cinmin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: Qin1 min2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Kinmin
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ min²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cing1 ming4-2 / cing1 ming4
- Yale: chīng míng / chīng mìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsing1 ming4-2 / tsing1 ming4
- Guangdong Romanization: qing1 ming4-2 / qing1 ming4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: qin1 min
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰin⁴² min²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhiâng-miàng / Chhîn-mìn
- Hakka Romanization System: qiangˊ miangˇ / qinˊ minˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qiang1 miang2 / qin1 min2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴ mi̯aŋ¹¹/, /t͡sʰin²⁴ min¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: qing1 ming1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰĩŋ¹¹ mĩŋ¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Chéng-mêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰeiŋ⁵⁴ meiŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Chĭng-mìng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheng-bêng
- Tâi-lô: Tshing-bîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhengbeeng
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhiⁿ-miâ
- Tâi-lô: Tshinn-miâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: chvimiaa
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ miã²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhuiⁿ-miâ
- Tâi-lô: Tshuinn-miâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhvuimiaa
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuĩ³³ miã²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheⁿ-miâ
- Tâi-lô: Tshenn-miâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhvemiaa
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² miã¹³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cêng1 mêng5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng mêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ meŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
- Wu
- Xiang
Proper noun
[edit]清明
- Qingming (fifth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese calendar, occurring from April 4 or 5 to 18 or 19)
- (~節) Tomb Sweeping Day (annual Chinese festival observed on the first day of Qingming)
- (~村) Qingming (a village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
Synonyms
[edit]- (Tomb Sweeping Day): 清明節/清明节 (Qīngmíngjié), 掃墳節/扫坟节 (Sǎofénjié); 掃墓節/扫墓节 (Sǎomùjié); (Hokkien) 三日節/三日节, 三月節/三月节
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Sino-Xenic (清明):
- → Japanese: 清明 (Seimei)
- → Okinawan: 清明 (Shīmī)
- → Korean: 청명(淸明) (Cheongmyeong)
- → Vietnamese: Thanh minh (清明)
Others:
See also
[edit]- 二十四節氣/二十四节气 (Èrshísì Jiéqì, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
- Spring: 立春 (Lìchūn)、雨水 (yǔshuǐ)、驚蟄/惊蛰 (Jīngzhé)、春分 (Chūnfēn)、清明 (qīngmíng)、穀雨/谷雨 (Gǔyǔ)
- Summer: 立夏 (Lìxià)、小滿/小满 (Xiǎomǎn)、芒種/芒种 (mángzhòng)、夏至 (xiàzhì)、小暑 (Xiǎoshǔ)、大暑 (Dàshǔ)
- Autumn: 立秋 (Lìqiū)、處暑/处暑 (Chǔshǔ)、白露 (báilù)、秋分 (Qiūfēn)、寒露 (Hánlù)、霜降 (Shuāngjiàng)
- Winter: 立冬 (Lìdōng)、小雪 (xiǎoxuě)、大雪 (dàxuě)、冬至 (dōngzhì)、小寒 (Xiǎohán)、大寒 (Dàhán)
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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清 | 明 |
せい Grade: 4 |
めい Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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淸明 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Qingming ("Pure Brightness"), the fifth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, occurring from the 4th or 5th of April until the 18th or 19th
See also
[edit]- 二十四節気 (Nijūshi Sekki, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
- Spring: 立春 (Risshun), 雨水 (Usui), 啓蟄 (Keichitsu), 春分 (Shunbun), 清明 (Seimei), 穀雨 (Kokuu)
- Summer: 立夏 (Rikka), 小満 (Shōman), 芒種 (Bōshu), 夏至 (Geshi), 小暑 (Shōsho), 大暑 (Taisho)
- Autumn: 立秋 (Risshū), 処暑 (Shosho), 白露 (Hakuro), 秋分 (Shūbun), 寒露 (Kanro), 霜降 (Sōkō)
- Winter: 立冬 (Rittō), 小雪 (Shōsetsu), 大雪 (Taisetsu), 冬至 (Tōji), 小寒 (Shōkan), 大寒 (Daikan)
Okinawan
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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清 | 明 |
しー Grade: 4 |
みー Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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淸明 (kyūjitai) |
Proper noun
[edit]清明 (Shīmī)
- Qingming ("Pure Brightness"), the fifth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, occurring from the 4th or 5th of April until the 18th or 19th
Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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清 | 明 |
Proper noun
[edit]清明
- chữ Hán form of Thanh minh (“Qingming”).
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