ching

About 2.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
2. interjection The sound of metal or glass clinking.
3. noun A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
4. noun Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).
5. noun A high-pitched mating call made by the male kakapo.
6. noun A knife.
7. verb To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

   The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea.

8. verb To stab.

Similar words

qing cheng te teh agenda clear engineering mirror winding hing

Often followed by

and dynasty is was ling or in to of

Word family

Ch'ing Ch'ings Ching Chings