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Qing

UK/tʃɪŋ/ US/t͡ʃɪŋ/ fairly common

noun

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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

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Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 磬 (qìng), ultimately onomatopoeic.

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