α. 1700s– Tsing, 1800s– Ts'ing, 1900s– T'sing.
β. 1800s– Ch'ing, 1900s– Ching.
γ. 1900s– Qing.
Qingn.adj.
/tʃɪŋ/, U.S. /tʃɪŋ/ A. n.
A Chinese dynasty of Manchu emperors which ruled from 1644 until 1912, when it was overthrown by the Chinese Revolution; the era of this dynasty's rule.
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1790 Encycl. Brit. IV. 653/1 The whole of their emperors..are comprehended in 22 dynasties, mentioned in the following table... 22. Tsing.
1848 Amer. Whig Rev. Mar. 231 Heavenly Dynasty [is] one of the titles of the present dynasty of Tsing.
1923 Chambers's Encycl. III. 186/1 The greater dynasties have been those of Han..and the Ts'ing.
1947 E. R. Hughes tr. Y.-L. Feng Spirit of Chinese Philos. x. 203 In the development of the spirit of Chinese philosophy there came a counter-influence in two periods in its history, namely the Han and the Ch'ing.
1994 Pacific Affairs 67 483 This book is a historical survey of male homosexual relations from the Zhou to the end of the Qing.
B. adj.
Of or designating the Qing.
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1854 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 4 p. xiii Abstract of the general laws of China: as administered by the Great Tsing Dynasty.
1936 Trans. Oriental Ceramic Soc. 1935–36 54 Saucers of similar design and colouring are commonly seen bearing date-marks of all the Ch'ing emperors.
1966 J. E. Sheridan Chinese Warlord 137 The government also promised to protect the Ch'ing tombs and temples.
1998 Economist 21 Mar. 8/4 Your article..inflates the effect Christian missions had upon the Qing political order.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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