| 清 | qīng | clear; distinct; quiet; just and honest; pure; to settle or clear up; to clean up or purge; Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of Imperial China (1644-1911); surname Qing |
| 清楚 | qīng chu | clear; distinct; to understand thorougly; to be clear about |
| 清除 | qīng chú | eliminate; get rid of |
| 清水 | qīng shuǐ | fresh water; drinking water; clear water; Qingshui (place name) |
| 清洁 | qīng jié | clean; purity |
| 清晰 | qīng xī | clear; distinct |
| 清理 | qīng lǐ | clear; to put in order; to check up |
| 清洗 | qīng xǐ | to wash; to clean; to purge |
| 清晨 | qīng chén | early morning |
| 清查 | qīng chá | to investigate thoroughly; to carefully inspect; to verify; to ferret out (undesirable elements) |
| 清明 | qīng míng | clear and bright; sober and calm; (of a government or administration) well ordered; Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; the Qingming festival (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping), 4th-6th April |
| 清醒 | qīng xǐng | clear-headed; sober; awake |
| 清汤 | qīng tāng | broth; clear soup; consommé |
| 清脆 | qīng cuì | sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing; tinkling; silvery (of sound); fragile; frail; also written 轻脆 |
| 清偿 | qīng cháng | to repay a debt in full; to redeem; to clear |
| 清算 | qīng suàn | to settle accounts; to clear accounts; to liquidate; to expose and criticize |
| 清早 | qīng zǎo | first thing in the morning; at daybreak |
| 清新 | qīng xīn | fresh and clean; Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong |
| 清扫 | qīng sǎo | to tidy up; to mop up; a sweep (against crime) |
| 清澈 | qīng chè | clear; limpid |
| 清凉 | qīng liáng | cool; refreshing |
| 清爽 | qīng shuǎng | fresh and cool |
| 清官 | qīng guān | honest and upright official (traditional) |
| 清泉 | qīng quán | clear spring |
| 清淡 | qīng dàn | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales) |
| 清风 | qīng fēng | cool breeze; fig. pure and honest |
| 清道 | qīng dào | to clean the street; to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP) |
| 清真寺 | qīng zhēn sì | mosque |
| 清静 | qīng jìng | quiet; peaceful and quiet |
| 清音 | qīng yīn | unvoiced consonant; voiceless consonant |
| 清秀 | qīng xiù | delicate and pretty |
| 清华大学 | Qīng huá Dà xué | Tsing Hua or Qinghua University, Beijing; National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| 清单 | qīng dān | list of items |
| 清人 | Qīng rén | Qing dynasty person |
| 清净 | qīng jìng | peaceful; quiet; tranquil; purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) |
| 清史稿 | Qīng shǐ gǎo | Draft History of the Qing dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhao Erxun 赵尔巽 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls |
| 清白 | qīng bái | pure; innocent |
| 清流 | Qīng liú | Qingliu county in Sanming 三明, Fujian |
| 清蒸 | qīng zhēng | steamed in broth |
| 清河 | Qīng hé | Qinghe county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei; Qinghe district of Tieling city 铁岭市, Liaoning |
| 清油 | qīng yóu | vegetable cooking oil |
| 清华 | Qīng huá | abbr. for 清华大学 |
| 清瘦 | qīng shòu | meager |
| 清高 | qīng gāo | noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits |
| 清点 | qīng diǎn | to check; to make inventory |
| 清江 | Qīng jiāng | Qingjiang river in Hubei |
| 清水墙 | qīng shuǐ qiáng | unplastered masonry wall |
| 清一色 | qīng yī sè | monotone; only one ingredient; (mahjong) all in the same suit |
| 清代 | Qīng dài | the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911) |
| 清代通史 | Qīng dài tōng shǐ | General history of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山 |
