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Tsing Ming

Tsing Ming is the alternative form of Qingming.

Meaning of Qingming

Proper noun

Qingming

  1. The first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, the 15th day after the Spring equinox (April 4 or 5).
  2. (China) Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday observed on that day.
    • Although the Hui in the northwest do not celebrate the Han holidays of Zhongqiu, Qingming, or even Chun Jie (Spring Festival), the Hui in most of China's cities gladly participate.2020, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese..., page 192

Synonyms of Tsing Ming

Origin of Tsing Ming

From Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, “Clear & Bright”).

Questions about Tsing Ming

What is Tsing Ming the alternative form of?
Tsing Ming is the alternative form of Qingming.

Words near Tsing Ming in the dictionary

  1. Tsinandali
  2. Tsinanfu
  3. Tsinchow
  4. tsine
  5. Tsing
  6. Tsing Ming
  7. Tsing Yi
  8. Tsing-hai
  9. tsingala
  10. Tsinghai
  11. Tsinghua

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tsing Ming (page history and authors); Qingming (page history and authors). 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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