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
- 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.