Ching

noun

variants or Ch'ing
: a Manchu dynasty in China dated 1644–1912 and the last imperial dynasty

Examples of Ching in a Sentence

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Officer Ching Vang: … dispatcher stated that a female was shot in the head. Natalie Morales, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024 Keats and New York defenseman Ching Johnson squared off in a bitter brawl that required players from both teams, the referee and two uniformed policemen to break up. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024 What transpired on a sweltering afternoon Saturday at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex only reinforced all the preseason doubts even after UCLA rallied for a 16-13 victory over Hawaii. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024 From time to time, the action zips back to some twenty years earlier, when Lam and Ching are still high-school students themselves. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024 The most successful pirate in history was a woman named Ching Shih from China. Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 15 July 2024 Among them is Guo, who’s better known to some by his nickname Ah Kay and was the head of Fuk Ching, a notoriously violent Fujianese Chinatown gang, according to the letter from Chan’s attorney and news reports from the 1990s and 2000s. Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024 The seven on-site restaurants, including the two Michelin star Lai Ching Heen, also impressed readers. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024 The all-female panel, sadly lacking artist and stage designer Es Devlin due to unfortunate logistics, was all smiles as Nicole Ching, specialist advisor of 20th/21st century art at Christie’s, introduced them. George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

Chinese (Beijing) Qīng

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Ching was in 1795

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“Ching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ching. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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