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寧

níng

repose, serenity, peace; peaceful

Strokes
14
Radical
宀
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 宁

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 宁, the simplified form of 寧. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我宁愿不说出来。

    Wǒ nìng yuàn bù shuō chū lái

    I'd rather not say.

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  • 他宁愿不吃这个。

    Tā nìng yuàn bù chī zhè ge

    He'd prefer not to eat that.

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  • 我不想坐汽车去，宁可走去。

    Wǒ bù xiǎng zuò qì chē qù nìng kě zǒu qù

    I don't want to go in the car. I would rather walk.

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  • 你度过了很不安宁的一夜。

    Nǐ dù guò le hěn bù ān níng de yī yè

    You've had a very restless night.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 宁

  • 宁静níng jìng 2–4 tranquil; tranquility; serenity
  • 宁可nìng kě 4–3 preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
  • 宁愿nìng yuàn 4–4 would rather ... (than ...)
  • 安宁ān níng 1–2 peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
  • 宁肯nìng kěn 4–3 would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer