Keyword
peaceful
- calm
- healthy
- rather
- to prefer
- Frequency
- #858
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
níng67%
nìng33%
Mnemonic
宀 (roof) gives the meaning and 丁 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
宁愿
would rather ... (than ...)
列宁
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
宁
peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)
宁可
preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
宁静
tranquil; tranquility; serenity
安宁
peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
辽宁省
Liaoning Province, capital Shenyang 沈阳市 (ShěnyángShì) (short name 辽 (Liáo))
贝宁
Benin
宁夏回族自治区
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 银川市 (YínchuānShì) (short name 宁 (Níng))
宁
would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. níng
列宁格勒
Leningrad, former name (1923–1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg 圣彼得堡 (Shèngbǐdébǎo)
宁波市
Ningbo, sub-provincial city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省 (ZhèjiāngShěng)
李宁
Li Ning (1963-), PRC gymnast, winner of three gold medals at Los Angeles 1984 Olympic games
杨振宁
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922–2025), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate
南宁市
Nanning, prefecture-level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区 (GuǎngxīZhuàngzúZìzhìqū)
长宁区
Changning district, central Shanghai
济宁市
Jining, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省 (ShāndōngShěng)
宁县
Ning County or Ningxian, a county in Qingyang City 庆阳市 (QìngyángShì), Gansu
万宁
Wanning City, Hainan
马克思列宁主义
Marxism-Leninism
长宁
Changning County in Yibin 宜宾 (Yíbīn), Sichuan; Changning District in Shanghai
西宁市
Xining, prefecture-level city and capital of Qinghai Province 青海省 (QīnghǎiShěng)
咸宁市
Xianning, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省 (HúběiShěng)
宁肯
would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer