佞 nìng

1. nìng verb to flatter; to praise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   
2. nìng noun somebody who flatters
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   
3. nìng adjective wise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   
4. nìng adjective hypocritical
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   

Contained in

• 佞幸 a flatterer; a person who flatters
• 巧佞 schemers and flatterers
• 唼佞 slander
• 谄佞(諂佞) to flatter
• 奸佞 crafty and fawning ; a deceitful person
• 不佞 without eloquence; untalented; I, me (humble)
• 谗佞(讒佞) to defame one person while flattering another; a slandering toady

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷54 游雅 高閭 Volume 54: You Ya, Gao Lu Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 16
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 9
• 卷三十四　列傳第二十二:　游雅 高閭 趙逸 胡叟 胡方回 張湛 段承根 闞駰 劉延明 趙柔 索敞 宋繇 江式 Volume 34 Biographies 22: You Ya, Gao Lu, Zhao Yi, Hu Sou, Hu Fanggui, Zhang Zhan, Duan Chenggen, Kang Yin, Liu Yanming, Zhao Rou, Sou Chang, Song Yao, Jiang Shi History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 9
• 卷九十七 列傳第二十二 魏徵五世孫:謨 Volume 97 Biographies 22: Wei Zheng and Fifth Generation Descendent Mo New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 8
• 卷二百五十五 列傳第一百四十三 劉宗周 黃道周 Volume 255 Biographies 143: Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
• 卷七十一 列傳第二十一: 魏徵 Volume 71 Biographies 21: Wei Zheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 8
• 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 《公冶長第五》 Commentary on Gong Ye Zhang V Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 7
• 卷四百〇五 列傳第一百六十四 李宗勉 袁甫 劉黻 王居安 Volume 405 Biographies 164: Li Zongmian, Yuan Fu, Liu Fu, Wang Juan History of Song 宋史 — count: 6

Collocations

• 佞人 (佞人) 佞人來矣 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 30
• 佞邪 (佞邪) 萬年佞邪不忠 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十 成帝紀 Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng — count: 24
• 佞臣 (佞臣) 楚襄王佞臣也 — Xunzi 荀子, 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman — count: 14
• 远佞 (遠佞) 遠佞人 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 15. 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong — count: 12
• 佞夫 (佞夫) 天王殺其弟佞夫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 10
• 佞谄 (佞諂) 不知誰主為佞諂之計 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 — count: 10
• 佞媚 (佞媚) 以佞媚爲容態 — Xunzi 荀子, 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman — count: 6
• 用佞 (用佞) 焉用佞 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 5. 《公冶長》Gong Ye Chang — count: 5
• 其弟佞 (其弟佞) 天王殺其弟佞夫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 四佞 (四佞) 遠四佞而放諸野 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 — count: 3