Qinghai

or Ch'ing·hai, Tsing·hai

[ ching-hahy ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a province in western central China. 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). : Xining.

Qinghai

/ ˈtʃɪŋˈhaɪ /

noun

1. a province of NW China: consists largely of mountains and high plateaus. Capital: Xining. Pop: 5 340 000 (2003 est). Area: 721 000 sq km (278 400 sq miles)
2. the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Koko Nor

Example Sentences

Most of China's Uygur Muslims live in the north-west of the country, in areas such as Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia.

From BBC

Along with the official Tibetan Autonomous Region, Tibetans make up communities in the neighboring provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai.

From Seattle Times

After China announced subsidies for both rooftop and industrial solar in 2014, Shandong, with an advanced manufacturing industry, was a good candidate to take the early lead in solar development compared to less populous provinces like Qinghai or Inner Mongolia.

From Seattle Times

It has been deployed in Argentina and in a handful of projects in Qinghai, China.

From Seattle Times

The landslide in Yunnan also came just over a month after China’s most powerful earthquake in years struck the northwest in a remote region between Gansu and Qinghai province.

From Seattle Times