Ching

noun

variants or Ch'ing
: a Manchu dynasty in China dated 1644–1912 and the last imperial dynasty

Examples of Ching in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web From time to time, the action zips back to some twenty years earlier, when Lam and Ching are still high-school students themselves. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024 The most successful pirate in history was a woman named Ching Shih from China. Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 15 July 2024 Among them is Guo, who’s better known to some by his nickname Ah Kay and was the head of Fuk Ching, a notoriously violent Fujianese Chinatown gang, according to the letter from Chan’s attorney and news reports from the 1990s and 2000s. Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024 The seven on-site restaurants, including the two Michelin star Lai Ching Heen, also impressed readers. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024 The all-female panel, sadly lacking artist and stage designer Es Devlin due to unfortunate logistics, was all smiles as Nicole Ching, specialist advisor of 20th/21st century art at Christie’s, introduced them. George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 July 2024 The federal information against Ching said Medicare paid APX more than $65 million from fraudulent billings for allografts applied by Ching. Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2024 Each actor takes the spotlight to tell their story for their third of the show, while the others accompany them, alongside Henry Stram and Ching Valdes-Aran, who play the recurring figures of each character’s grandfather and grandmother. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 May 2024 Officials said more aftershocks were likely in the next four days and warned residents to avoid visiting the tombs of ancestors, especially in the mountains, this weekend during the holiday, known as Ching Ming, meant to honor them. John Yoon, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Chinese (Beijing) Qīng

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Ching was in 1795

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“Ching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ching. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

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