Dictionary V1 – SMART CHINESE TEACHER

Examples/列句

Combinations/组合

MEANING/意义

宁

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níng




  1


peaceful; appease，pacify; (lit.，of a married woman) visit (her parents or relatives)

Type character/汉字

Topics Female , Linguistics , Literature , Person , Single character

  2


Ning (the abbreviation of Ningxia Province)

Type noun/名词

Topics Female , Linguistics , Literature , Person , Single character

nìng




  1


would rather; (lit. in rhetorical question) how，could there be，could it be (pronounced as ning2 in Taiwan)

Type adverb/副词

Topics Female , Linguistics , Literature , Person , Single character

EXAMPLES/列句

宁可...，也...

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nìng kě ...，yě ...

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would rather...than...

我叫刘宁。

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wǒ jiào liú níng 。

sound for pinyin

I am Liuning.

COMBINATIONS/组合

宁波

níng bō

Ningbo (city in Zhejiang)

宁亲

níng qīn

(lit.) to come home (to pay one's filial homage to one's parents) (same as 省亲)

宁可

nìng kě

would rather (pronounced as ning2ke3 in Taiwan)

宁静

níng jìng

tranquil，peaceful，serene

宁肯

nìng kěn

would rather，rather than

宁愿

nìng yuàn

would rather

宁德

níng dé

Ningde (city in Fujian)

宁边

níng biān

Yongbyon (a place in North Korea)