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宁

níng/nìng

peaceful; to pacify

Traditional 寧
Variant forms 甯 / 寕 Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

3 forms
  1. Oracle boneShang
  2. BronzeWestern Zhou
  3. Small sealQin–Han

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

níng as in 宁静 ning2
  1. peaceful
  2. to pacify
  3. to visit (one's parents etc)
  4. abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区 Níng xià Huí zú Zì zhì qū
  5. abbr. for Nanjing 南京 Nán jīng
  6. surname Ning
nìng as in 宁愿 ning4
  1. would rather
  2. to prefer
  3. how (emphatic)
  4. Taiwan pr. [níng]

Example sentences

HSK words with 宁

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