清明节/清明節 Qīng míng jié — Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)

Meanings

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

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

Character breakdown

• 明

  míng (second tone, rising)

  bright; clear, evident; to understand; next (明天, 明年); the Ming dynasty

  8 strokes⿰日月Radical 日

Words containing 明

• 明天míngtiān (second tone, rising)tomorrow
• 明白míngbai (second tone, rising)to understand, to see (what is meant)
• 明显/明顯míng (second tone, rising) xiǎn (third tone, dipping)clear
• 证明/證明zhèng (fourth tone, falling) míng (second tone, rising)proof
• 说明/說明shuō (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)to explain
• 表明biǎomíng (third tone, dipping)to make clear, to indicate, to show (a fact or position)
• 明星míng (second tone, rising) xīng (first tone, high and level)star
• 聪明/聰明cōngming (first tone, high and level)clever, bright, intelligent
• 明确/明確míng (second tone, rising) què (fourth tone, falling)clear-cut
• 明年míng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)next year
• 声明/聲明shēng (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)statement
• 文明wén (second tone, rising) míng (second tone, rising)civilized
• 发明/發明fā (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)to invent
• 明明míng (second tone, rising) míng (second tone, rising)obviously
• 光明guāng (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)light
• 透明tòu (fourth tone, falling) míng (second tone, rising)transparent
• 明智míng (second tone, rising) zhì (fourth tone, falling)sensible
• 查明chá (second tone, rising) míng (second tone, rising)to investigate and find out