QING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Qing mean? 

• QING (noun)
  The noun QING has 1 sense:

1. the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

  Familiarity information: QING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Ch'ing; Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu; Manchu dynasty; Qing; Qing dynasty

Hypernyms ("Qing" is a kind of...):

dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

 Context examples 

"We are not supposed to be seeing this at all," said Qing Liang, an atmospheric scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and lead author of the study.

(Ozone-depleting compound persists, NASA)

In addition to other herbs, seeds and fruits, blue citrus-based herbal capsule contains the Chinese herb blue citrus (qing pi), which is produced from the dried immature green peel of the tangerine Citrus reticulata Blanco.

(Blue Citrus-Based Herbal Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)