# 清明 (qīngmíng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 清明 (qīngmíng) means “Tomb Sweeping Day; clear and bright”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: Tomb Sweeping Day; clear and bright
- Pinyin: qīngmíng (Qing1 ming2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 人们在清明前后祭奠先人。
  Rénmen zài Qīngmíng qiánhòu jìdiàn xiānrén.
  People honor their ancestors around Tomb Sweeping Day.

## Characters

- [清](https://hanziro.com/word/qing-clear-clean/) (qīng): clear; clean
- 明 (míng): bright; opposite: dark 暗

https://hanziro.com/word/qing-ming-tomb-sweeping-day/

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