清朝

Qīngcháo

proper noun #55,764

Meanings

1 Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
2 last imperial dynasty of China, founded by the Manchus

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Examples

HSK 7-9

清朝是中国最后一个封建王朝。

Qīngcháo shì Zhōngguó zuìhòu yí gè fēngjiàn wángcháo.

The Qing is the last feudal dynasty of China.

HSK 7-9

清朝在1911年被推翻。

Qīngcháo zài yījiǔyīyī nián bèi tuīfān.

The Qing dynasty was overthrown in 1911.

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history

The Manchu-founded Qing more than doubled China's territory under the Kangxi-Yongzheng-Qianlong trio, then collapsed under 19th-century foreign pressure (Opium Wars, unequal treaties). Fell after the 1911 辛亥革命 (Xinhai Revolution); child emperor Puyi abdicated in February 1912.

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清 qīng

朝 cháo