宁
níngNíngnìngzhù HSK4

peaceful, (storage container)

宁 (寧) níng frequency
peaceful adjective
calm, tranquil, or free from disturbance

这些烦心事闹得他终日不宁。

zhè​xiē fán​xīn shì nào de tā zhōng​rì bù níng.

These annoying matters kept him restless all day long.

pacify idiom
to bring peace to a place or to stabilize a situation

为了宁人息事，他选择了主动道歉。

wèi​le níng rén xī​shì, tā xuǎn​zé le zhǔ​dòng dào​qiàn.

To settle matters and restore peace, he chose to apologize voluntarily.

visit parents verb
to return home to visit one's parents or elders

她婚后三天按照习俗回娘家归宁。

tā hūn​hòu sān tiān àn​zhào xí​sú huí niáng​jiā guī níng.

Three days after her wedding, she returned to her parents' home for a visit according to custom.

宁 (寧) Níng
Nanjing abbreviation
abbreviation for Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province

沪宁铁路连接上海与南京。

Hù Níng tiě​lù lián​jiē Shàng​hǎi yǔ Nán​jīng.

The Hu-Ning Railway connects Shanghai and Nanjing.

Ning proper name
a Chinese surname

宁先生是我的邻居。

Níng xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lín​jū.

Mr. Ning is my neighbor.

Ningxia abbreviation
abbreviation for the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

他在银川街头看到很多挂着宁A牌照的汽车。

tā zài Yín​chuān jiē​tóu kàn​dào hěn​duō guà zhe NíngA pái​zhào de qì​chē.

He saw many cars with 'Ning A' license plates on the streets of Yinchuan.

宁 (寧) nìng
rather idiom
would rather; to prefer

我宁死不屈。

wǒ nìng sǐ bù​qū.

I would rather die than surrender.

how adjective
how (used in rhetorical questions for emphasis)

宁有此理？

nìng​yǒu​cǐ​lǐ?

How can this be reasonable?

㝉 (宁) zhù
entrance space adjective
the architectural space between the door and the entrance screen (spirit wall)
stand punctuation
to stand still or wait for a long time
store punctuation
to store, accumulate, or collect items

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,019th most common 155.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,359th most common 53.9 per million appears in 25% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.44 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
31.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
寧
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5B81

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)