Chingming Festival

See also: Ching-ming Festival, and Ching Ming Festival

English

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明せいめい (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness") and the English translation of 節ふし (jié, "festival").

Proper noun

Chingming Festival

1. Alternative form of Qingming Festival

Usage notes

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.