清明
Qīng​míngqīng​míng HSK7

Qingming Festival

清明 Qīng​míng frequency
Qingming Festival time word
A traditional holiday also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, observed in early April for honoring ancestors and visiting graves.

每年清明，人们都会回乡扫墓祭祖。

měi nián Qīng​míng, rén​men dōu huì huí​xiāng sǎo​mù jì​zǔ.

Every year during the Qingming Festival, people return to their hometowns to sweep tombs and worship their ancestors.

Qingming solar term time word
The 5th of the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese calendar, typically occurring between April 5th and April 19th.

清明一到，天气便暖和得可以穿单衣了。

Qīng​míng yī dào, tiān​qì biàn nuǎn​huo de kě​yǐ chuān dān​yī le.

As soon as Qingming arrives, the weather becomes warm enough to wear light clothing.

清明 qīng​míng
clear time word
clear and bright

今晚月色清明，万里无云。

jīn​wǎn yuè​sè qīng​míng, wàn​lǐ​wú​yún.

The moonlight is clear tonight, and the sky is cloudless.

sober time word
sober and calm

经过医生的全力抢救，病人的意识终于清明了过来。

jīng​guò yī​shēng de quán​lì qiǎng​jiù, bìng​rén de yì​shí zhōng​yú qīng​míng le guò​lái.

After the doctors' all-out efforts to save him, the patient finally regained consciousness.

well-ordered adjective
(of a government or administration) well ordered

百姓都向往政治清明的时代。

bǎi​xìng dōu xiàng​wǎng zhèng​zhì qīng​míng de shí​dài.

The people long for an era of political integrity and transparency.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
0.120 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
3.85 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)