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Chingming
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Ching-ming Ching Ming
English
Etymology
From the Wade-Giles romanization of en cmn - Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness").
Proper noun
en Qingming.
Usage notes
Properly "Ch‘ing-ming", with the hyphen dividing the two characters of the Chinese word and the mark showing the quality of the sound. In practice, they are often omitted.