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Qingming Festival

Qingming Festival proper noun: synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.

Proper noun

the Qingming Festival

  1. Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.

Synonyms of Qingming Festival

Forms of Qingming Festival

alternative formChingming Festival
alternative formChing Ming Festival
alternative formChing-ming Festival
alternative formFeast of Tsing Ming
alternative formQing Ming Festival

Origin of Qingming Festival

A partial calque of Mandarin 清明節 /清明节 (Qīngmíngjié), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, “Pure & Bright”), the solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar on which the holiday is celebrated. Doublet of Pure Brightness Festival.

Questions about Qingming Festival

What does Qingming Festival mean?
Qingming Festival means synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
What part of speech is Qingming Festival?
Qingming Festival is a proper noun.

Words near Qingming Festival in the dictionary

  1. Qingjian
  2. Qingjiangpu
  3. Qingjin
  4. Qinglong
  5. Qingming
  6. Qingming Festival
  7. Qingpu
  8. Qingquan
  9. qings
  10. Qingshan
  11. Qingshanhu

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