Ch'ing
noun
Manchu1
Ch'ing
American
[ching]
/ tʃɪŋ /
Or
Qing
noun
Ching
British
/ tʃɪŋ /
adjective
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“Chiang Ch’ing was an actress before she met Mao,” she said recently.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2011
Chiang Ch'ing is being described by the press and in countless wall posters as a kind of Chinese Marie Antoinette, selfish, greedy and arrogant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chiang Ch'ing was wearing a superbly tailored shirtwaist dress of heavy crepe de chine, with a full pleated skirt falling to midcalf, a style evocative of our early 1950s.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to People's Daily, the "principles laid down" citation was concocted to indicate that only Chiang Ch'ing and her supporters were licensed to interpret Mao's instructions, thus becoming the sole guardians of his heritage.
From Time Magazine Archive
The very mention of the word "we" made it certain to Ch'ing Wen that she implied herself and Pao-yü, and thus unawares more fuel was added again to her jealous notions.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
Cage was busy writing what he called “chance music,” often consulting the I Ching, to decide pitches, durations and dynamics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Homegrown businesses, such as beauty brand Amortals and streetwear label Wah Yan Ching Nin, have also placed ads outside shopping malls across the country, calling for an end to animal abuse.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
But on Monday, Judge Alice Loke Yee Ching Loke disagreed, saying the royal addendum was not a valid order.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
Per the brand’s website, Lung Ching is “famous for its jade green color, earthy aroma, mellow taste and long flat leaf” along with its “distinct character” and “unique cooling effect.”
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
Then he went into the enclosure and he looked carefully and he saw the place where he would lie below his father and his uncle and above Ching and not far from O-lan.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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