Qinghai

American  

[ching-hahy] / ˈtʃɪŋˈhaɪ /

Or Ch'inghai,

noun

Pinyin.

1. a province in western central China. 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). Xining.

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Qinghai British  

/ ˈtʃɪŋˈhaɪ /

noun

1. a province of NW China: consists largely of mountains and high plateaus. Capital: Xining. Pop: 5 340 000 (2003 est). Area: 721 000 sq km (278 400 sq miles)

2. the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Koko Nor

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Example Sentences

A collaborative study between Qinghai University and the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, published in the Chinese Journal of Modern Applied Pharmacy, provided strong experimental evidence of the fruit's effects.

From Science Daily

One 2019 case study looking at how bird flu infected the avian population in Qinghai Lake in China reported that the wild birds there encountered the virus at their wintering grounds and traveled across Eurasia and into Egypt and Northern Africa, said the study’s author Dr. Barbara Canavan.

From Salon

“It started in Qinghai,” Canavan told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon

Most of China's Uygur Muslims live in the north-west of the country, in areas such as Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia.

From BBC

Along with the official Tibetan Autonomous Region, Tibetans make up communities in the neighboring provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai.

From Seattle Times