清明

Qīng míng

Dictionary entry

Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 5th-19th April

What does 清明 mean?

清明 (Qīng míng) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 5th-19th April

2Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)

3clear and bright

4sober and calm

5(of a government or administration) well ordered

Character breakdown

Open each character to see its own meanings and vocabulary links.

清QīngQing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911) · surname Qing 明MíngMing Dynasty (1368–1644) · surname Ming

Reviewed examples

No reviewed example dialogues yet. This page only shows verified dictionary data until a context lesson is published.

How to pronounce 清明

清明

Qīng míng

Tap to hear Mandarin.

Base dictionary data: CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0.