Chingming Festival

See also: Ching-ming Festival and Ching Ming Festival

English

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness") and the English translation of 節 (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.