Ming
English
editAlternative forms
edit- Min (obsolete)
Etymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /mɪŋ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋ
Proper noun
editMing
- A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing (Ching)
- Synonym: Ming dynasty
- 1845, J. R. Hind, “Mr. J. R. Hind on the Elements of several Comets not previously computed”, in Philosophical Magazine[1], volume XXVII, London, page 418:
- The Comet of 1385 was discovered in China by the astronomers of the Ming dynasty, on October 23 (period Houng-wou eighteenth year, ninth moon, day Wou-yn): it was then on the borders of Thai-wei (a constellation of stars in Leo and Virgo, surrounding β Leonis); it touched β Virginis, and left Thai-wei by what the Chinese termed the "great gate," i.e. between β and n Virginis.
- 2015 June 29, “10 Pct. of Great Wall missing due to erosion, vandalism and poor management”, in EFE[3], archived from the original on 10 September 2022[4]:
- Only 8.2 percent of the wall, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is maintained properly, according to a study by the China Great Wall Society, an organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of the Wall.
- 2021 December 27, Neil Genzlinger, “Jonathan Spence, Noted China Scholar, Dies at 85”, in The New York Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 December 2021, Books[6]:
- Among Professor Spence’s most ambitious books was “The Search for Modern China,” which made The New York Times’s best-seller list and is now a standard text. It took an 876-page view of China’s history from the decline of the Ming dynasty in the 1600s to the democracy movement of 1989.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ming.
- A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China (China proper), as well as parts of Russia and northern Vietnam
- The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned
- The pottery of the era, famed for its high quality
- A surname.
- A male or female given name
Translations
editChinese Dynasty & Era
Chinese Empire
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Noun
editMing (plural Mings)
- A member of the Ming dynasty.
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