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Meaning of 寧
Pinyin
níng、 nìng
Radical
宀
Strokes
14
Definition
peaceful / rather
Usage
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寧
níng
1. Peaceful, stable; 安寧，平安。
2. A married woman or a child returning home to visit their parents; 已嫁的女子或在外子女回家省視父母。
3. Mourning for parents; 守父母之喪，喪假。
4. An alternate name for Nanjing City in Jiangsu Province, China; 中國江蘇省南京市的別稱。
5. An abbreviation for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China; 中國寧夏回族自治區的簡稱。
Further meanings:
1. Peaceful; 平安，安靜。
2. Stable; 穩定。
3. Quiet; 寧靜。
4. To visit one's own parents (especially for married women); 已嫁女子回娘家探望父母。
5. To stabilize; 使安定。
6. To mourn; 守父母之喪。
7. To settle down; 安心。
8. To return; 返回。
9. Another name for Nanjing; 南京的別稱。
10. An abbreviation for Ningxia; 寧夏回族自治區的簡稱。
11. A surname; 姓。
寧
nìng
1. Would rather; 寧可，寧願。
2. Could there be; 豈，難道。
3. Used to support speech without concrete meaning; 語助，無實際意義。
4. A surname; 姓。
For further meanings:
1. Rather; 寧願
2. Used in rhetorical questions; 豈，難道
3. A surname; 姓
寧
nìng
1. Would rather; 寧可; 寧願。
2. Could there be; 豈; 難道。
These definitions reflect various usages of the character 寧 across different contexts in Chinese language and literature.
Same Pronunciation Characters
Same Radical Characters
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Input Method for 寧
Pinyin
ning2
Wubi
psj
Cangjie
jmn
Zhengma
wdai
Four Corner
30201
Unicode
U+5be7
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category