清明せいめい

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (清明せいめい)		清きよし	明あきら
simp. #(清明せいめい)		清きよし	明あきら
anagram		明あきら清きよし

Etymology

From 清きよし (OC *sʰleŋ, “clear; pure”) + 明あきら (OC *mraŋ, “bright”). Attested in Shijing ("(of governance) to be methodical, orderly"), Xunzi ("(of water) clear and bright"), Classic of Rites ("sober, calm"; "(of voice) clear"), Lost Book of Zhou ("(the date of) Qingming, from brightness, clearness of the scenery"), Guoyu ("southeasterly winds").

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qīngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qin¹ min²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhîn-mìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹ mêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingmíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-ming²
    • Yale: chīng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingming
    • Palladius: цинмин (cinmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qin¹ min²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kinmin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ min²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: chīng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qin´ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qin¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin²⁴ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng¹ mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ meŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

清明せいめい

1. clear and bright
2. sober and calm; (of a patient's mind) clear
3. (of a government or administration) well-ordered
4. peaceful (times)

Synonyms

• (well-ordered): (literary) 道明みちあき (dàomíng)

Derived terms

• 清明せいめい河かわ (Qīngmínghé)
• 神かみ志こころざし清明せいめい

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): Qīngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): Qin¹ min²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ming^4-2 / cing¹ ming⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): qin¹ min
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Chhiâng-miàng / Chhîn-mìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qin¹ min²

• Jin (Wiktionary): qing¹ ming¹
• Northern Min (KCR): Chéng-mêng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Chĭng-mìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Chheng-bêng / Chhiⁿ-miâ / Chhuiⁿ-miâ / Chheⁿ-miâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹ mêng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chin-min
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cin¹ min²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cingmíng
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻing¹-ming²
    • Yale: Chīng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chingming
    • Palladius: Цинмин (Cinmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: Qin¹ min²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: Kinmin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ min²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ ming^4-2 / cing¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: chīng míng / chīng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ ming^4-2 / tsing¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ming^4-2 / qing¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qin¹ min
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁴² min²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhiâng-miàng / Chhîn-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ miangˇ / qin´ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ miang² / qin¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴ mi̯aŋ¹¹/, /t͡sʰin²⁴ min¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qin¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³⁵ min¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qing¹ ming¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰĩŋ¹¹ mĩŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Chéng-mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeiŋ⁵⁴ meiŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Chĭng-mìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: Tshing-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhiⁿ-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: Tshinn-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvimiaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhuiⁿ-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: Tshuinn-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvuimiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuĩ³³ miã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheⁿ-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: Tshenn-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvemiaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² miã¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng¹ mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ meŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chin-min
    • MiniDict: chin^平ひらた min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qin-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ min²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: cin¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʰin³³ min¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰin³³ min¹³/

Proper noun

清明せいめい

1. Qingming (fifth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese calendar, occurring from April 4 or 5 to 18 or 19)
2. (～節ぶし) Tomb Sweeping Day (annual Chinese festival observed on the first day of Qingming)
3. (～村むら) Qingming (a village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

Synonyms

• (Tomb Sweeping Day): 清明せいめい節ぶし／清明せいめい节 (Qīngmíngjié), 掃墳節ぶし／扫坟节 (Sǎofénjié); 掃墓節ぶし／扫墓节 (Sǎomùjié); (Hokkien) 三日みっか節ぶし／三さん日にち节, 三さん月がつ節ぶし／三さん月がつ节

Derived terms

• 清明せいめい前後ぜんこう北風きたかぜ起おこり，百日可見風颱雨／清明せいめい前ぜん后きさき北きた风起，百ひゃく日にち可か见风台だい雨う
• 清明せいめい明あかり，好こう收おさむ成なり，穀雨こくう雨う，夏なつ收おさむ好このみ／清明せいめい明あかり，好こう收おさむ成なり，谷たに雨う雨う，夏なつ收おさむ好このみ
• 清明せいめい毋播播穀雨う，收おさむ成なり無む夠飼老ろう鼠ねずみ／清明せいめい毋播播谷雨う，收おさむ成なり无够饲老鼠ねずみ
• 清明せいめい無む轉てん厝無祖そ，過か年とし無む轉てん厝無某ぼう／清明せいめい无转厝无祖そ，过年无转厝无某ぼう
• 清明せいめい田でん，穀雨こくう豆まめ／清明せいめい田でん，谷たに雨う豆まめ
• 清明せいめい穀雨こくう，寒かん死し老ろう鼠ねずみ／清明せいめい谷たに雨う，寒かん死し老ろう鼠ねずみ
• 清明せいめい穀雨こくう，寒かん死し虎とら母はは／清明せいめい谷たに雨う，寒かん死し虎とら母はは
• 清せい明菜あきな
• 清明せいめい蒜ひる，無人むじん問とい／清明せいめい蒜ひる，无人问

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (清明せいめい):

• → Japanese: 清明せいめい(せいめい) (Seimei)
• → Okinawan: 清明せいめい(しーみー) (Shīmī)
• → Korean: 청명(淸明せいめい) (Cheongmyeong)
• → Vietnamese: Thanh minh (清明せいめい)

Others:

• → Indonesian: cengbeng
• → Thai: เชงเม้ง (cheng-méng), เช็งเม้ง (cheng-méng)
• → Zhuang: Cingmingz

See also

• 二に十じゅう四よん節氣せっき／二に十じゅう四よん节气 (Èrshísì Jiéqì, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
  • Spring: 立春りっしゅん (Lìchūn)、雨水あまみず (yǔshuǐ)、驚おどろき蟄／惊蛰 (Jīngzhé)、春分しゅんぶん (Chūnfēn)、清明せいめい (qīngmíng)、穀雨こくう／谷たに雨う (Gǔyǔ)
  • Summer: 立夏りっか (Lìxià)、小滿しょうまん／小しょう满 (Xiǎomǎn)、芒すすき種しゅ／芒すすき种 (mángzhòng)、夏至げし (xiàzhì)、小暑しょうしょ (Xiǎoshǔ)、大暑たいしょ (Dàshǔ)
  • Autumn: 立秋りっしゅう (Lìqiū)、處暑しょしょ／处暑 (Chǔshǔ)、白露しらつゆ (báilù)、秋分しゅうぶん (Qiūfēn)、寒露かんろ (Hánlù)、霜降しもふり (Shuāngjiàng)
  • Winter: 立冬りっとう (Lìdōng)、小雪こゆき (xiǎoxuě)、大雪おおゆき (dàxuě)、冬至とうじ (dōngzhì)、小寒しょうかん (Xiǎohán)、大寒だいかん (Dàhán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清きよし	明あきら
せい Grade: 4	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸明せいめい (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ːme̞ː]

Proper noun

清きよし(せい)明あきら(めい) • (Seimei) 

1. Qingming ("Pure Brightness"), the fifth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, occurring from the 4th or 5th of April until the 18th or 19th

See also

• 二に(に)十じゅう(じゅう)四よん(し)節ふし(せっ)気き(き) (Nijūshi Sekki, “The twenty-four solar terms”):
  • Spring: 立だて(りっ)春はる(しゅん) (Risshun), 雨あめ(う)水みず(すい) (Usui), 啓けい(けい)蟄(ちつ) (Keichitsu), 春はる(しゅん)分ぶん(ぶん) (Shunbun), 清きよし(せい)明あきら(めい) (Seimei), 穀こく(こく)雨あめ(う) (Kokuu)
  • Summer: 立だて(りっ)夏なつ(か) (Rikka), 小しょう(しょう)満みつる(まん) (Shōman), 芒すすき(ぼう)種たね(しゅ) (Bōshu), 夏なつ(げ)至いたり(し) (Geshi), 小しょう(しょう)暑あつ(しょ) (Shōsho), 大だい(たい)暑あつ(しょ) (Taisho)
  • Autumn: 立だて(りっ)秋あき(しゅう) (Risshū), 処しょ(しょ)暑あつ(しょ) (Shosho), 白しろ(はく)露ろ(ろ) (Hakuro), 秋あき(しゅう)分ぶん(ぶん) (Shūbun), 寒さむ(かん)露ろ(ろ) (Kanro), 霜しも(そう)降くだ(こう) (Sōkō)
  • Winter: 立だて(りっ)冬ふゆ(とう) (Rittō), 小しょう(しょう)雪ゆき(せつ) (Shōsetsu), 大雪おおゆき(たいせつ) (Taisetsu), 冬ふゆ(とう)至いたり(じ) (Tōji), 小しょう(しょう)寒さむ(かん) (Shōkan), 大寒だいかん(だいかん) (Daikan)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
清きよし	明あきら
しー Grade: 4	みー Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸明せいめい (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

清きよし(しー)明あきら(みー) (Shīmī) 

1. Qingming ("Pure Brightness"), the fifth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, occurring from the 4th or 5th of April until the 18th or 19th

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
清きよし	明あきら

Proper noun

清明せいめい

1. chữ Hán form of Thanh minh (“Qingming”).