Chingming

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See also: Ching-ming and Ching Ming

English

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness")

Proper noun

Chingming

  1. Alternative form of Qingming

Usage notes

Properly "Ch‘ing-ming", with the hyphen dividing the two characters of the Chinese word and the mark showing the quality of the sound. In practice, they are often omitted.