宁 níng nìng

calm, peaceful, serene; healthy

HSK 5 #1019

DEFINITIONS

宁 níng
  • abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
  • abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]
  • surname Ning
  • peaceful
  • to pacify
  • to visit (one's parents etc)
  • variant of 寧|宁[ning2]
宁 nìng
  • old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]
  • would rather
  • to prefer
  • how (emphatic)
  • Taiwan pr. [ning2]
宁 zhù
  • to store
  • to stand
  • space between the door and the entrance screen

STROKES

宁 stroke order diagram
宁 stroke order animation

WORDS

宁可 nìng kě
HSK 5
preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
宁愿 nìng yuàn
HSK 6
would rather; better
安宁 ān níng
HSK 6
Anning District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu; Anning City, to the west of Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan; peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
宁肯 nìng kěn
HSK 6
would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer
宁静 níng jìng tranquil; tranquility; serenity
心神不宁 xīn shén bù níng to feel ill at ease
列宁 liè níng Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
奎宁 kuí níng quinine (loanword)
唐宁街 táng níng jiē Downing Street (London)
永无宁日 yǒng wú níng rì (in such circumstances) there will be no peace; one can never breathe easy
息事宁人 xī shì níng rén to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
贝宁 bèi níng Benin
宁波 níng bō Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
列宁格勒 liè níng gé lè Leningrad, name of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡 1923-1991
宁死不屈 nìng sǐ bù qū rather die than submit (idiom)
勃朗宁 bó lǎng níng Browning, US firearm brand
宁安 níng ān Ning'an county level city in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang
海宁 hǎi níng Haining county level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jia1 xing1], Zhejiang
毋宁 wú nìng not as good as; would rather
丹宁 dān níng (loanword) denim; tannin
列宁主义 liè níng zhǔ yì Leninism
单宁酸 dān níng suān tannic acid (loanword)
宁夏 níng xià Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁[Ning2], capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yin2 chuan1]
宁德 níng dé Ningde prefecture level city in Fujian
洛宁 luò níng Luoning county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
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