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tranquil / tranquility / serenity
HSK 4
peaceful / tranquil / calm / composed / free from worry
HSK 7-9
would rather ... (than ...)
HSK 7-9
preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
HSK 7-9
tannic acid (loanword)
former Ningxia province, now Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区
Ninguang county in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong
lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
Taining, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市 (abbr. to 寧|宁)
Jingning Shezu autonomous county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate
Ningcheng County of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Suining county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳, Hunan
Changning district, central Shanghai
Puning, a county-level city in Jieyang City 揭陽市|揭阳市, Guangdong
Xining, prefecture-level city and capital of Qinghai Province 青海省
unquiet state of mind
Nanning, prefecture-level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Jiangning district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寧* | 寧* | *寧
abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区 / abbr. for Nanjing 南京 / surname Ning
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寧* | 寧* | *寧
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寧* | 寧* | *寧
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]
would rather... / it would be better... / would prefer
Jining, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
Wanning City, Hainan
Xiuning, a county in Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市, Anhui
Changning County in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan / Changning District in Shanghai
Suining county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳, Hunan
Huaining, a county in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市, Anhui
(loanword) denim / tannin
Ningshan County in Ankang 安康, Shaanxi
Zhengning, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市, Gansu
Zhongning county in Zhongwei 中衛|中卫, Ningxia
Yongning county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川, Ningxia
Ningjin, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
Xiangning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
Jiangning district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
Funing county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu
Daning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
to be restless
Suining county in Xuzhou 徐州, Jiangsu
Shanghai and Nanjing
to feel ill at ease
Tianning district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu
rather die than submit (idiom)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
Ningdu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in the Qing court for 50 years
Ningjiang district of Songyuan city 松原市, Jilin
Ningqiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Funing county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu
Huaning county in Yuxi 玉溪, Yunnan
Ningjin county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
(literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents
Leningrad, former name (1923–1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡
Jingning Shezu autonomous county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
Ningde, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
Ning County or Ningxian, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市, Gansu
Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
Xiangning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
Jining district or Zhining raion of Ulaanchab city 烏蘭察布市|乌兰察布市, Inner Mongolia
Ningling, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市, Henan
Ningyuan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Zhejiang
Liaoning Province, capital Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市 (abbr. to 遼|辽)
Yining city and county or Ghulja nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
Suining, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省

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