Chingming Festival
See also: Ching-ming Festival and Ching Ming Festival
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness") and the English translation of 節 (jié, "festival").
Proper noun
[edit]- Alternative form of Qingming Festival
Usage notes
[edit]Properly "Ch‘ing-ming Festival", with the hyphen separating the Chinese characters and the apostrophe noting a distinct sound, but in practice both are often omitted.