宁 (寧) níng

1. níng proper noun Nanjing
   Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: Ningxia , Concept: City 城市
   Notes: Another name for 南京 (Guoyu '寧' 1; XHZD '宁' 4)
2. nìng adverb rather
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 宁 expressed a preference for one alternative over the other in this sense in Literary Chinese. For example, 禮，與其奢也，寧儉 'In festive ceremonies, it is better to be sparing than extravagant.' (Lunyu: 3.4/5/1, translation by Legge; Guoyu '寧' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '寧' nìng 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 125; XHZD '宁' nìng 1)
3. níng adjective peaceful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 安宁 (Guoyu '寧' adj; Kroll 2015 '寧' 1; Unihan '寧'; XHZD '宁' 1)
4. níng noun repose; serenity; peace
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '寧')
5. níng verb to pacify
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 平息 (Guoyu '寧' v 3; XHZD '宁' 3)
6. níng verb to return home
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 回家 (Guoyu '寧' v 2)
7. nìng proper noun Ning
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (XHZD '宁' nìng 2)
8. níng verb to visit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 省视 (Guoyu '寧' v 1; Kroll 2015 '寧' 2)
9. níng verb to mourn for parents
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '寧' 3)
10. nìng adverb in this way
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '寧' nìng 3)
11. nìng adverb don't tell me ...
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 豈 or 难道 (Guoyu '寧' adv 2)
12. nìng adverb unexpectedly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 竟然 (Guoyu '寧' adv 3)
13. níng proper noun Ningxia
    Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: Ningxia , Concept: Autonomous Region 自治区
    Notes: Another name for 宁夏 (Guoyu '寧' 2)
14. nìng particle particle without meaning
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '寧' particle)
15. zhù noun space between main doorwary and a screen
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 宁 (Guoyu '宁')

Contained in

• 宁静致远(寧靜致遠) tranquility yields transcendence; quiet life of profound study; cf Still waters run deep.
• 张宁(張寧) Zhang Ning
• 丁宁(丁寧) to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently
• 宁左勿右(寧左勿右) (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
• 宁静(寧靜) tranquil; tranquility; serenity
• 宁死不屈(寧死不屈) rather die, will not bend; prefer to die than submit
• 宁缺毋滥(寧缺毋濫) rather have nothing
• 奎宁水(奎寧水) tonic water; quinine water
• 心神不宁(心神不寧) to feel ill at ease
• 陕甘宁(陝甘寧) Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
• 宁缺勿滥(寧缺勿濫) rather have nothing

Also contained in

宁波地区 、 抚宁县 、 宁波 、 江宁区 、 郎世宁 、 休宁县 、 金宁 、 静宁县 、 景宁县 、 宁洱 、 巴枯宁主义 、 大宁县 、 宁强县 、 伊宁县 、 宁津 、 武宁 、 宁南县 、 万宁 、 肃宁 、 邕宁 、 泰宁 、 集宁 、 兴宁区 、 怀宁县 、 普宁市 、 咸宁 、 宁武 、 宁远县 、 怀宁 、 昌宁县 、 新宁县 、 乡宁县 、 宁安 、 绥宁县 、 长宁 、 宁夏回族自治区 、 富宁 、 永宁县 、 辽宁省 、 长宁区

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• 卷八十七 志第四十 地理三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Geography 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 85
• 卷一百八十八 志第一百四十一 兵二 Volume 188 Treatises 141: Military 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 82
• 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 82
• 卷五十五 吳書十 程黃韓蔣周陳董甘淩徐潘丁傳 Volume 55: Book of Wu 10 - Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 73
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Collocations

• 宁王 (寧王) 寧王遺我大寶龜 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — count: 8
• 公孙宁 (公孫寧) 陳公孫寧 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 子宁 (子寧) 子寧不嗣音 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧子衿 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Zi Jin — count: 6
• 不敢宁 (不敢寧) 我亦不敢寧于上帝命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 君奭 Zhou Shu - Prince Shi — count: 5
• 国宁 (國寧) 國寧 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 宁人 (寧人) 予曷其不于前寧人圖功攸終 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — count: 4
• 宁卒 (寧卒) 鄭伯寧卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 宁居 (寧居) 是以不敢寧居 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 胡宁 (胡寧) 胡寧忍予 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧四月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Si Yue — count: 3
• 前宁 (前寧) 予曷其不于前寧人圖功攸終 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — count: 3