English Explanatory Dictionary

Qingming Festival

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.

Word forms

Qingming Festival the Qingming Festival Chingming Festival Ching Ming Festival Ching-ming Festival Feast of Tsing Ming Qing Ming Festival

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Tomb Sweeping Day
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