Ch'ing
noun
Manchu1
Ch'ing
American
[ching]
/ tʃɪŋ /
Or
Qing
noun
Ching
British
/ tʃɪŋ /
adjective
Example Sentences
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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 had aspired to nothing less than the party chairmanship.
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
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
If I'm really a stupid girl," repeated Ch'ing Wen, smiling sarcastically, "am I a fit person for you to hold converse with?
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
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
Ken Hom and Ching He-Huan's travel and cooking series in 2012 was a fascinating snapshot of life in China through the lens of food.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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
Ching Wong, executive director of the Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project at UC San Francisco, has been translating health content from English into Vietnamese and Chinese for 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Wang Lung went at once to the room where Ching had been laid and he called out loudly to anyone, “Now how did all this come about?”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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