Character data

HSK 5

FREQUENCY 1019th character

RADICAL ⼧ (40.2)

STROKES 5

INDEX # 312

TRADITIONAL 寧

宁 níng nìng

peaceful; surname Ning

HSK 5 #1019

宁 níng	1. peaceful 2. surname Ning 3. abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区níng xià huí zú zì zhì qū 4. abbr. for Nanjing 南京nán jīng 5. to visit (one's parents etc) 6. to pacify 7. variant of 寧níng
宁 nìng	1. would rather 2. to prefer 3. Taiwan pr. níng 4. how (emphatic) 5. old variant of 寧nìng
宁 zhù	1. to stand 2. to store 3. space between the door and the entrance screen

Word	Meaning
宁可 nìng kě HSK 5	would rather; one would prefer to...(or not to...)
宁愿 nìng yuàn HSK 6	would rather; better
安宁 ān níng HSK 6	peaceful; calm; tranquil
宁肯 nìng kěn HSK 6	would rather...; would prefer; it would be better...
宁静 níng jìng	tranquil; tranquility; serenity
心神不宁 xīn shén bù níng	to feel ill at ease
列宁 liè níng	Lenin, 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
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, old name of Saint Petersburg
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mǔ dan jiāng, Heilongjiang
海宁 hǎi níng	Haining, a city in Zhejiang, China
毋宁 wú nìng	would rather; not as good as
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 in China
宁德 níng dé	Ningde prefecture level city in Fujian
洛宁 luò níng	Luoning county in Luoyang 洛阳luò yáng, Henan

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