明清

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure
trad. (明清)		明	清
simp. #(明清)		明	清
anagram		清明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Míng-Qīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Míng-Qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Míngcing
    • Wade–Giles: Ming²-chʻing¹
    • Yale: Míng-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingching
    • Palladius: Минцин (Mincin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ cing¹
    • Yale: mìhng chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 名稱／名称 明清

Proper noun

明清

1. the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.