宁 níng, nìng — peaceful; tranquil
宁
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níng ning2
Detailed explanation
adjective
- (本作“寍”。从宀( mián),从心,从皿。表示住在屋里有饭吃就安心了。后世假“寧”为“寍”,“寧”行而“寍”废。今用“宁”字作“寧”简化字。“宁”本读 zhù,是“贮”的本字。本义:安宁,平安)
- peaceful e.g 心神不宁 · 宁吉 · 宁息 · 宁和 · 宁泰 · 宁康
- stable e.g 宁一 · 宁止 · 宁平 · 宁昌 · 宁居 · 宁殷 · 宁晷
- quiet e.g 宁贴 · 宁晏 · 宁俗 · 宁极 · 宁息
verb
- visit one's own parents e.g 宁省 · 宁亲 · 宁觐
- stablize e.g 宁人 · 宁内 · 宁民 · 宁神 · 宁家 · 宁乱 · 宁亲 · 宁边
- mourn e.g 宁丧还家 · 宁告 · 宁考
- settle down e.g 宁奈 · 宁耐 · 宁心 · 宁候 · 宁业 · 宁意
- go back e.g 宁家
noun
- another name for Nanjing e.g 沪宁线
- the short for the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region e.g 陕甘宁边区
- 姓
nìng ning4
Other notes
同“貯”。贮藏;积聚。
古代宫室门屏之间。
Related words
- 辽宁 Liaoning (province in Northeast China); Liaoning Sheng; Shenyang area
- 宁夏 Ningxia (Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest China)
- 南宁 Nanning (capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region)
- 宁静 quiet; tranquil
- 安宁 peaceful; tranquil
- 西宁 Xining (capital of Qinghai Province)
- 宁可 would rather
- 宁愿 would rather/better
- 宁肯 would rather
- 宁日 a day of peace; peaceful days
- 毋宁 rather (than)
- 息事宁人 to let the matter rest and keep the peace
- 宁死不屈 rather die than submit
- 康宁 healthy and at peace (literary)
- 鸡犬不宁 even the dogs and chickens are unsettled; utter turmoil
- 坐卧不宁 restless; unable to sit or lie at ease
- 宁缺毋滥 rather have few than shoddy; quality over quantity
- 勃朗宁 Browning (Browning pistol; or the poet Robert Browning)
- 奎宁 quinine