Qinghai

• Tsinghai, Tsing-hai
• (from Wade–Giles) Chinghai, Ch'ing-hai

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of 青海／靑海 (Qīnghǎi, literally “Blue Sea”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪŋˈhaɪ/

Qinghai

1. A province in northwestern China. Capital: Xining.
   • 1975, “The National Minority Languages of China”, in Winfred P. Lehmann, editor, Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China‎, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, LCCN 75-3572, OCLC 462849192, page 119:

     Tibetan is found predominantly in Tibet; Tibetan-speaking communities are also found in Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu. In Tibet, all official documents are issued in both Tibetan and Chinese, and also in certain regions of Sichuan and Qinghai. Moreover, the radio stations in Tibet broadcast in Tibetan and Putonghua. Similarly, the Chengdu radio station in Sichuan and the Xining radio station in Qinghai also have regular Tibetan broadcasts.

   • 2001, Dramer, Kim, “China's Sorrow”, in The Yellow River‎ (Juvenile Literature), Franklin Watts, →ISBN, LCCN 00-039925, OCLC 44067026, pages 7-8:

     The source of the Yellow River is in the Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau. This area is often called the "Roof of the World" because of its high altitude, the height of a place above sea level.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Qinghai.
2. A lake in Qinghai.

• Amdo (as a Tibetan region)
• Koko Nor, Koko-nur, Kokonor &c. (lake, region, & province, historical)