• Pinyin: níng
  English Definition: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc); abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区 ; surname Ning
  Chinese Definition:
  ①平安，安定：宁静。宁谧。息事宁人。
  ②已嫁的女子或在外子女回家省视父母：宁亲。归宁。
  ③守父母之丧，丧假：“前博士弟子父母死，予宁三年”。
  ④中国江苏省南京市的别称。
  ⑤中国宁夏回族自治区的简称。
  Example Words:

  辽宁	liáo níng	Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 辽
  宁夏	níng xià	Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 宁
  南宁	nán níng	Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 广西壮族自治区
  宁静	níng jìng	tranquil; tranquility; serenity
  安宁	ān níng	Anning District of Lanzhou City 兰州市 , Gansu; Anning City, to the west of Kunming 昆明 , Yunnan	HSK 6

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• Pinyin: nìng
  English Definition: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
  Chinese Definition:
  ①情愿：宁肯。宁死不屈。宁缺毋滥。
  ②岂，难道：王侯将相宁有种乎？
  ③语助，无实际意义：不宁唯是。
  ④姓氏。
  Example Words:

  宁可	nìng kě	preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils	HSK 5
  宁愿	nìng yuàn	would rather; better	HSK 6
  宁肯	nìng kěn	would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer	HSK 6
  毋宁	wú nìng	not as good as; would rather
  宁死不屈	nìng sǐ bù qū	rather die than submit (idiom)

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