Chingming Festival

English

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness") and the English translation of (jié, "festival").

Proper noun

Chingming Festival

  1. Alternative form of Qingming Festival

Usage notes

Properly "Ching-ming Festival", with the hyphen separating the Chinese characters and the apostrophe noting a distinct sound, but in practice both are often omitted.

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