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ching

Etymology 1 n. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze. Etymology 2

interj. (non-gloss definition: Used to represent the sound of metal or glass clinking.) n. 1 (context countable English) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck. 2 (context uncountable slang English) money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount). vb. To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck. Etymology 3

n. (context Scotland slang English) cocaine.

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Ching (instrument)

Ching (also spelled chhing, ) are finger cymbals played in Cambodian and Thai theater and dance ensembles.

Ching

Ching may refer to:

  • Qing Dynasty of Imperial China, romanized as "Ch'ing" in Wade–Giles
  • Ching (surname), a romanization of some Chinese surnames such as Cheng and Zhuang
  • Brian Ching (born 1978), American soccer striker
  • Ching (instrument), Thai and Cambodian musical instrument
  • Ching, 12-year-old Chinese swordswoman, a character from the TV show Pucca
  • "Ching" (song), single from Swami's 2007 album Equalize
  • River Ching, a tributary of the River Lea in north east London
Ching (surname)

As a surname, Ching may refer to:

  • Ching, a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surname Cheng
  • Chng or Ch'ng, the POJ romanization of the Chinese surname Zhuang
  • Ching, a Minnan romanization of the Chinese surname Zhuang
  • Ching, an English surname originating from Devon and Cornwall.

There were 5,189 Chings in the United States during the year 2000 census, making it the 4,683th surname overall and the 211th surname among Asian and Pacific Islanders. Ching was also listed among the 200-most-common peculiarly Chinese surnames in a 2010 survey of the Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients in the province of Ontario.

  • Ren-Chang Ching (Ching, 1898–1986), a pteridologist
  • Ching Lau Lauro, stage name of an English magician (flourished 1827–1840)

Usage examples of "ching".

Bridge, CBN weekend anchor Cheeta Ching, nine months, one week, and three days pregnant, and as bloated as a floater freshly fished out of the East River, looked up from her script for the evening broadcast of Eyeball to Eyeball with Cheeta Ching as her door unceremoniously crashed in.

BCN News that weekend anchor Cheeta Ching is at this moment giving birth at a location not far from here.

The number one camera tally light was a red eye pointed directly at Cheeta Ching.

Americans settled back into their seats, those who had patiently stayed with BCN heard above the treacly voice of Cheeta Ching a raging bellow of complaint.

As it happened, the counterattack had interrupted a Cheeta Ching newscast-thereby incurring the bitter enmity of the Master of Sinanju.

Especially with Eyeball to Eyeball with Cheeta Ching about to come on.

Network Row, we are preempting Eyeball to Eyeball with Cheeta Ching for a special live 24 Hours.

Her biological clock ticking, every tabloid holding her up to ridicule, Cheeta Ching grew desperate as a starved barracuda.

Only a fellow Korean, a member of the most perfect race ever to grace a sorry world, could have helped barren Cheeta Ching to total, womanly fulfillment.

In the rarified world of the celebrity anchor, Cheeta Ching was Queen of the Mountain-and determined to grind her stiletto heels into the eyes of the competition.

But I will leave the television device on, so that if the name of Cheeta Ching is spoken, I will snap awake and race to her side.

To pull Cheeta Ching into the helicopter in her condition was a two-handed job.

Seven, hosted it now, at his palace of Chung Ning in Ning Hsia Province.

Senior Representative for Northern Europe in the House of Representatives at Weimar, holding the prestigious rank of Under Secretary, Lehmann is one of the richest men in Chung Kuo.

The Lolo, like the Chung Miao, use a virulent poison on their barbs, you know.