寧 (níng)
Peaceful; quiet; surname Ning
How 寧 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Traditional
- 寧
- Simplified
- 宁
寧 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- 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
- nìng
- rather; to prefer
Common words using 寧
- 南寧 nánníng
- Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区; Zhuang: Namzningz
- 安寧 ānníng
- Anning district of Lanzhou city 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 shi4], Gansu
- 寧可 nìngkě
- preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather
- 寧波 níngbō
- Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
- 寧靜 níngjìng
- tranquil; tranquility; serenity
- 寧願 nìngyuàn
- would rather; better
- 遼寧 liáoníng
- Liaoning province in northeast China, abbr. 遼|辽, capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳
- 南寧市 nánníngshì
- Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区; Zhuang: Namzningz
- 咸寧 xiánníng
- Xianning prefecture level city in Hubei
- 大寧 dàníng
- Daning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
- 寧夏 níngxià
- Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁[Ning2], capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yin2 chuan1]
- 寧德 níngdé
- Ningde prefecture level city in Fujian
寧 in a sentence
這裡的環境很安寧，適合讀書。
Zhèlǐ de huánjìng hěn ānníng, shìhé dúshū.
“The environment here is very peaceful, suitable for studying.”
How common is 寧?
寧 is the 1,017th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 89.4% of all running text.
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