"Qinghai" meaning in English

See Qinghai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪŋˈhaɪ/
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 青海/靑海 (Qīnghǎi, literally “Blue Sea”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{lang|zh|靑海}} 靑海, {{bor|en|cmn|青海//靑海|lit=Blue Sea|tr=Qīnghǎi}} Mandarin 青海/靑海 (Qīnghǎi, literally “Blue Sea”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Qinghai
  1. A province in northwestern China. Capital: Xining. Categories (place): Places in China, Provinces of China, Qinghai Related terms (Provinces): Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan · Yunnan · Zhejiang (english: claimed) Translations (a Chinese province): تْشِينْغْهَاي (tšinḡhay) [masculine] (Arabic), تْشِينْغْخَاي (tšinḡḵay) [masculine] (Arabic), Ցինհայ (Cʻinhay) (Armenian), 青海 (cing¹ hoi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 青海 (Qīnghǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), 靑海 (Qīnghǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), Čching-chaj (Czech), ცინხაი (cinxai) (Georgian), Τσινγκχάι (Tsingkchái) (Greek), Csinghaj (Hungarian), 青海 (Seikai) (alt: せいかい) (Japanese), 칭하이 (Chinghai) (Korean), 청해 (Cheonghae) (Korean), Cjinhai (Latvian), Činghajus (Lithuanian), Чи́нгхај (Čínghaj) (Macedonian), ᡴᡠᡴᡝ ᠨᠣᠣᡵ (kuke noor) (Manchu), ᡥᡠᡥᡠ ᠨᠣᠣᡵ (huhu noor) (Manchu), Хөхнуур (Xöxnuur) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (kökenaɣur) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (köke naɣur) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), Цинха́й (Cinxáj) [masculine] (Russian), ชิงไห่ (Thai), མཚོ་སྔོན་ཞིང་ཆེན (mtsho sngon zhing chen) (Tibetan), ཁུ་ཁེ་རྲོའུར (khu khe rro'ur) (Tibetan), Thanh Hải (Vietnamese), Cinghhaij (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-Qinghai-en-name-gHOrvmoZ Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'Provinces': 78 22 Disambiguation of 'a Chinese province': 100 0
  2. A lake in Qinghai. Categories (place): Lakes, Places in China, Places in Qinghai Synonyms: Amdo (english: as a Tibetan region), Koko Nor, Koko-nur, Kokonor &c (english: lake, region, & province) [historical], Tsinghai, Tsing-hai, Chinghai, Ch'ing-hai (alt: Wade–Giles) Related terms (Autonomous regions): Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang Related terms (Municipalities): Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing Related terms (Special administrative regions): Hong Kong · Macau
    Sense id: en-Qinghai-en-name-HvTOWg02 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Manchu translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Zhuang translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Manchu translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Zhuang translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'Autonomous regions': 34 66 Disambiguation of 'Municipalities': 34 66 Disambiguation of 'Special administrative regions': 34 66

Alternative forms

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    "Qinghai"
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}
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    "English proper nouns",
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    "English terms borrowed from Mandarin",
    "English terms derived from Hanyu Pinyin",
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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English words containing Q not followed by U",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Manchu translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Mongolian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Tibetan translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Zhuang translations"
  ],
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      "name": "bor"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "靑海"
      },
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      "name": "lang"
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        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "青海//靑海",
        "lit": "Blue Sea",
        "tr": "Qīnghǎi"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 青海/靑海 (Qīnghǎi, literally “Blue Sea”).",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "english": "claimed",
      "sense": "Provinces",
      "word": "Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan · Yunnan · Zhejiang"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Autonomous regions",
      "word": "Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Municipalities",
      "word": "Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Special administrative regions",
      "word": "Hong Kong · Macau"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Places in China",
        "en:Provinces of China",
        "en:Qinghai"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975, “The National Minority Languages of China”, in Winfred P. Lehmann, editor, Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 119:",
          "text": "Tibetan is found predominantly in Tibet; Tibetan-speaking communities are also found in Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu. In Tibet, all official documents are issued in both Tibetan and Chinese, and also in certain regions of Sichuan and Qinghai. Moreover, the radio stations in Tibet broadcast in Tibetan and Putonghua. Similarly, the Chengdu radio station in Sichuan and the Xining radio station in Qinghai also have regular Tibetan broadcasts.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Kim Dramer, “China's Sorrow”, in The Yellow River (Juvenile Literature), Franklin Watts, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 7–8:",
          "text": "The source of the Yellow River is in the Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau. This area is often called the \"Roof of the World\" because of its high altitude, the height of a place above sea level.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 January 20, Chris Buckley, Adam Wu, “Where China Built Its Bomb, Dark Memories Haunt the Ruins”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-01-20, Asia Pacific:",
          "text": "The decaying clusters of workshops, bunkers and dormitories are remnants of Plant 221, also known as China’s Los Alamos. Here, on a mountain-high grassland called Jinyintan in Qinghai Province, thousands of Tibetan and Mongolian herders were expelled to create a secret town where a nuclear arsenal was built to defend Mao Zedong’s revolution.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A province in northwestern China. Capital: Xining."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
        ],
        [
          "Xining",
          "Xining#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "en:Places in China",
        "en:Places in Qinghai"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lake in Qinghai."
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      "links": [
        [
          "Qinghai",
          "Qinghai#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪŋˈhaɪ/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "english": "as a Tibetan region",
      "word": "Amdo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Koko Nor"
    },
    {
      "word": "Koko-nur"
    },
    {
      "english": "lake, region, & province",
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "word": "Kokonor &c"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tsinghai"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tsing-hai"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chinghai"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Wade–Giles",
      "word": "Ch'ing-hai"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tšinḡhay",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تْشِينْغْهَاي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tšinḡḵay",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تْشِينْغْخَاي"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Cʻinhay",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "Ցինհայ"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cing¹ hoi²",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "青海"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Qīnghǎi",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "青海"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Qīnghǎi",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "靑海"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "Čching-chaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cinxai",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "ცინხაი"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tsingkchái",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "Τσινγκχάι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "Csinghaj"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Seikai",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "青海"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Chinghai",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "칭하이"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Cheonghae",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "청해"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "Cjinhai"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "Činghajus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Čínghaj",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "Чи́нгхај"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "kuke noor",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "ᡴᡠᡴᡝ ᠨᠣᠣᡵ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "huhu noor",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "ᡥᡠᡥᡠ ᠨᠣᠣᡵ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Xöxnuur",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Хөхнуур"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "kökenaɣur",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "köke naɣur",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Cinxáj",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Цинха́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "ชิงไห่"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mtsho sngon zhing chen",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "མཚོ་སྔོན་ཞིང་ཆེན"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "khu khe rro'ur",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "ཁུ་ཁེ་རྲོའུར"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "Thanh Hải"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "a Chinese province",
      "word": "Cinghhaij"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Cambridge University Press",
    "Qinghai"
  ],
  "word": "Qinghai"
}

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