清明節

See also: 淸明節 and 清明节

Chinese

		clear and bright; Tomb Sweeping Day	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (清明節)		清明	節
simp. (清明节)		清明	节

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qīngmíngjié

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ming⁴ zit³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chheng-bêng choeh

(Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹ mêng⁵ zoih⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qīngmíngjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cingmíngjié
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻing¹-ming²-chieh²
  - Yale: Chīng-míng-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chingmingjye
  - Palladius: Цинминцзе (Cinmincze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ ming⁴ zit³
  - Yale: chīng mìhng jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ ming⁴ dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ming⁴ jid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ t͡siːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-bêng choeh
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-bîng tsueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengbeeng zoeq
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰeŋ⁴⁴⁻²² beŋ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sueʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cêng¹ mêng⁵ zoih⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng mêng tsoih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡soiʔ²/

Proper noun

清明節

Tomb Sweeping Day (annual Chinese festival observed on the first day of Qingming)

Synonyms

清明 (Qīngmíng)
掃墳節／扫坟节 (Sǎofénjié)
掃墓節／扫墓节 (Sǎomùjié)
(Hokkien) 三日節／三日节, 三月節／三月节

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	明	節
せい Grade: 4	めい Grade: 2	せつ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸明節 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

清明 (Seimei) +‎ 節 (-setsu, “-day; festival; celebration”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞ːme̞ːse̞t͡sɨ]

Proper noun

清(せい)明(めい)節(せつ) • (Seimeisetsu)

Tomb Sweeping Day, an annual Chinese holiday observed 15 days after the vernal equinox (April 4 or 5)