Cantonese Dictionary

清

cing1

Mandarin: qing1

clear | quiet | just and honest | pure | to settle or clear up | to clean up or purge | clean | peaceful | distinct | explicit | Qing dynasty | uncorrupted | # adapted from cc-cedict

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清一色

cing1 jat1 sik1

Mandarin: qing1 yi1 se4

(noun) one kind

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清么九

cing1 jiu1 gau2

Mandarin: qing1 yao1 jiu3

(mahjong) all terminals/ones and nines hand, a hand consisting of triplets of 1s and 9s only (in any suits) | cf. 純么九, 清帶么

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清么九

cing1 mo1 gau2

Mandarin: qing1 yao1 jiu3

one of the method of winning in a Mahjong game

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清亮

cing1 loeng6

Mandarin: qing1 liang5

clear; bright

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清倉

cing1 cong1

Mandarin: qing1 cang1

Simplified: 清仓

stock clearance

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清光

cing1 gwong1

Mandarin: qing1 guang1

all gone; a total wipe out

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清冷

cing1 laang5

Mandarin: qing1 leng3

chilly; deserted; desolate

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清初

cing1 co1

Mandarin: qing1 chu1

the early Qing dynasty

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清剿

cing1 ziu2

Mandarin: qing1 jiao3

flush out (in the sense of clean up; suppress; eliminate)

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清勁

cing1 ging6

the Beaufort Scale (wind strength)

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清君側

cing1 gwan1 zak1

Mandarin: qing1 jun1 ce4

Simplified: 清君侧

to get rid of the evil ministers around the emperor

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清吧

cing1 baa1

Mandarin: qing1 ba5

a pub

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清唱劇

cing1 coeng3 kek6

Mandarin: qing1 chang4 ju4

cantata

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清單

cing1 daan1

Mandarin: qing1 dan1

list of items

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清場

cing1 coeng4

clear the area

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清平

cing1 ping4

Mandarin: qing1 ping2

Cheongpyeong, a town in South Korea; Qingping, a town in China

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清幽

cing1 jau1

Mandarin: qing1 you1

quiet and beautiful

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清廉

cing1 lim4

Mandarin: qing1 lian2

honest, uncorrupted

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清心

cing1 sam1

Mandarin: qing1 xin1

to purify the heart

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清心寡慾

cing1 sam1 gwaa2 juk6

purify the mind and reduce (sexual) desire (lit., "clear mind with few desires")

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清拆

cing1 caak3

clearance

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清教徒

cing1 gaau3 tou4

Puritan

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清數

cing1 sou3

Mandarin: qing1 shu4

Simplified: 清数

to clear debts

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清新

cing1 san1

Mandarin: qing1 xin1

fresh and clean

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清早

cing1 zou2

Mandarin: qing1 zao3

early morning at or before daybreak

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清明

cing1 ming4

Mandarin: qing1 ming2

tomb-sweeping (Ching Ming Festival)

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清明上河圖

cing1 ming4 soeng6 ho4 tou4

Mandarin: qing1 ming2 shang4 he2 tu2

Simplified: 清明上河图

(noun) the River of Wisdom, which is the national treasure of China

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清明化

cing1 ming4 faa3

Mandarin: qing1 ming2 hua4

lucidification

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清明節

cing1 ming4 zit3

Mandarin: Qing1ming2jie2

Simplified: 清明节

(noun) The Ching Ming Festival, which is a day that Chinese people to clean their ancestor's graves, and more importantly, it requires worship ritual includes touch up headstone inscriptions, offerings food (incense and real food), money (paper money) to their ancestors, etc.

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