Meanings
Ch'ing-ho1
Ch'ing-ho2
- alternativeAlternative form of Qinghe.
"We are servants of the Honorable Hsi-men Chʻing of Chʻing-ho district in Shantung," Lai-pao replied, "and have come to present birthday gifts to His Honor."
2001, David Tod Roy, The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin Pʻing Mei, volume 2, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1972 more examples
Three of these six families originated from the district of Chʻing-ho (Hopei province), two other from the neighborhood Chʻing-ho, and only a single one from the neighborhood of Chʻang-an.
1965, Wolfram Eberhard, Conquerors and Rulers: Social Forces in Medieval China, Netherlands, →OCLC, page 168While the story takes place in the provincial town of Qingho^([sic – meaning Qinghe]) (Chʻing-ho) and concerns a middle-class family, the setting is meant to reflect the anonymous author's critique of Peking and the later Ming dynasty.
2005, Encyclopedia of Writers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 125
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Ch'ing-ho · proper noun
- Mandarin青河
- EnglishCh'ing-ho
From Mandarin 青河 (Qīnghé), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-ho².
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- Mandarin清河
- EnglishCh'ing-ho
From Mandarin 清河 (Qīnghé), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-ho².
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