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qing

/tʃɪŋ/UK/t͡ʃɪŋ/

qing noun: a sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument.

Noun

qing (plural qings or qing)

  1. A sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument.
    • A group of bronzes of the late Western Chou were uncovered in Chingshan County, Hupeh Province, and 25 pieces of stone ching (musical chimes) with a painted design of the State of Chu were found in Chiangling County of the same province.[1971, “Historical Relic Unearthed During the Cultural Revolution”, in Eastern Horizon, volume X, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2

Proper noun capitalized: Qing

Qing

  1. Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the last imperial dynasty of China.

qing meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

qing in Hindi

क़िंग

qing in Marathi

क्विंग

qing in Urdu

قنگ, قینگ

qing in Telugu

క్వింగ్
More languagesFewer languages
qing in Malayalam
ക്വിങ്, ക്വിംഗ്
qing in Kannada
ಕ್ವಿಂಗ್
qing in Gujarati
ક્વિંગ
qing in Nepali
क्विङ

Forms of qing

Noun
pluralqings
pluralqing
Proper noun
alternative formTsing
alternative formCh'ing
alternative formChing
alternative formCing

Plural of qing: qings or qing

Origin of qing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 磬 (qìng), ultimately onomatopoeic.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清 (Qīng).

Phrases with qing

Words that rhyme with qing

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Questions about qing

What does qing mean?
Qing means a sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument.
What is qing in Hindi?
Qing in Hindi is क़िंग. See Qing meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is qing?
Qing can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce qing?
Qing is pronounced /t͡ʃɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of qing?
The plural of qing is qings.

Words near qing in the dictionary

  1. qindarka
  2. qindarkas
  3. qindarkë
  4. qindars
  5. Qindu
  6. qing
  7. Qing Dynasty
  8. Qing Ming
  9. Qing Ming Festival
  10. Qingcheng
  11. Qingchuan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: qing (page history and authors); Qing (page history and authors); qing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); qing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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