清
明
节

Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) in Chinese: 清明节 (qīng míng jié)

qīng míng jié

Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 清明節1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)

Stroke order

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清
明
节

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄑㄧㄥ

qīng

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄇㄧㄥˊ

míng

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄐㄧㄝˊ

jié

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

清明节

Simplified

清明節

Traditional

Example sentences

See 清明节 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 清明节这天，很多人去给亲人扫墓。

    qīng míng jié zhè tiān， hěn duō rén qù gěi qīn rén sǎo mù。

    On Tomb Sweeping Day, many people go to tend the graves of relatives.

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Related words

节

jié

joint

清

qīng

(of water etc) clear

明天

míng tiān

tomorrow

聪明

cōng ming

intelligent

季节

jì jié

time

节目

jié mù

program

节日

jié rì

holiday

明白

míng bai

clear

清楚

qīng chu

clear

节约

jié yuē

to economize

说明

shuō míng

to explain

证明

zhèng míng

proof

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