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清明
Mandarin · pinyin qīng míng#
Meanings · qīng míng
- clear and bright
- sober and calm
- (of a government or administration) well ordered
Mandarin · pinyin Qīng míng#
Meanings · Qīng míng
- Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣 èr shí sì jié qi 5th-19th April
- Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
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1–2 · qing1 ming2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cing1 ming4
Cantonese word readings for 清明. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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adj
- clear and bright
- sober and calm; (of a patient's mind) clear
- (of a government or administration) well-ordered
- peaceful (times)
name
- 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)
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