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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 清明

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
清明 qīng míng - Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 5th-19th April
- Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)
清明 qīng míng - clear and bright
- sober and calm
- (of a government or administration) well ordered

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 50,465 16,595 16,931

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qīng- Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644-1911)
- surname Qing
qīng- (of water etc) clear; clean
- quiet; still
- pure; uncorrupted
- clear; distinct
- to clear; to settle (accounts)
míng- Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
- surname Ming
- Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God
míng- bright
- opposite: dark 暗[an4]
- (of meaning) clear
- to understand
- next
- public or open
- wise
- generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Other Words Containing 清明

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
清明 - 9 50,465 16,595 16,931