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Tsinghai

/ ˈtsɪŋˈhaɪ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Qinghai
  2. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Koko Nor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The Panchen Lama, who came to Peking in person from Tsinghai Province, was met enthusiastically at the station by 90 high Red officials, including Premier Chou, three Vice Presidents, 500 civil bigwigs, Peking's Tibetan colony, and a brass band.

In Tsinghai. the priestly caravan was met by the ninth Panchen Lama, who had fled to China after difficulties with the 13th Dalai Lama.

The Chinese warlord of Tsinghai demanded $30,000 before he would let the boy leave.

Finally the oracle of Samye monastery, Tibet's oldest, went into a trance, recommended that the search be extended to the Chinese province of Tsinghai, whose Amdo region is largely populated by Tibetans.

At week's end the Khamba rebels were reportedly joined by equally fierce Amdowa and Golok tribesmen, spreading the fires of revolt the length and breadth of Tibet, and putting into the field against the Chinese Reds an estimated 100,000 warriors, who were carrying the fight to the Chinese provinces of Szechwan and Tsinghai as well as Tibet proper.

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