Ching

noun

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

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Steph Ching and Ellen Martinez directed the feature documentary, with Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Stanley Nelson and Emmy nominee Marcia Smith and VOCES‘ Sandie Viquez Pedlow serving as executive producers. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024 Hurley was paired with Colton Ching, a seventh-grader from IAO Intermediate, a school about 40 minutes around the mountains from the team’s hotel. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 Nov. 2024 Martial arts expert and Shaolin monk Gene Ching is also joining God’s Gang’s interfaith council as Buddhism advisor. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024 Sage Hill’s Alisa Ching and University freshman Gabriella Gu tied in a group for third with scores of 69. Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 12 Nov. 2024 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

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 25 Dec. 2024.

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