abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] / surname Ning

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 列宁, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin (宁) enters engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when Nefertiti (ni) is preparing dinner. Nefertiti thinks Lenin wants to start a revolution, so she immediately tries to throw him out, but Lenin tells her he wants to remain peaceful (宁) and learn how to cook. As sign of humility he even takes his graduation cap (宀) and nails (丁) it to the wall.
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 列宁, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin (宁) enters engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when Nefertiti (ni) is preparing dinner. Nefertiti thinks Lenin wants to start a revolution, so she immediately tries to throw him out, but Lenin tells her he wants to remain peaceful (宁) and learn how to cook. As sign of humility he even takes his graduation cap (宀) and nails (丁) it to the wall.
would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]

寧 character breakdown

The character 寧 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 寧 as component

mistake / to twist

= + : Nefertiti (ni) just twisted (拧) Lenin (宁) around with a toy claw (扌) to go in the other direction in the engine ((e)ng3), but she doesn't know if it was a mistake (拧).
stubborn

= + : Nefertiti (ni) wants Lenin (宁) to use engine's men's bathroom ((e)ng4), but Lenin is so stubborn (拧) to insist on using the women's bathroom and threatens Nefertiti with a toy claw (扌).
to pinch / wring

= + : Lenin (宁) is pinching (拧) Nefertiti's (ni) ass with a toy claw (扌) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).
(used as a bound form in 薴烯|苧烯[ning2 xi1], limonene) / tangled / in disarray
to enjoin
weak / wearied / in distress

Words with 寧

preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils
peaceful / tranquil / calm / composed / free from worry
Anning District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu / Anning City, to the west of Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁[Ning2], capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yin2 chuan1]
Funing county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
Funing county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
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
Weining Yi, Hui and Miao autonomous county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou
Ninghua county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian
Ninghua county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian
Ningnan county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
Ningnan county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1 cheng2], Anhui
Ningguo, county-level city in Xuancheng 宣城[Xuan1 cheng2], Anhui
Ningcheng County of Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
Ningcheng County of Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
Anning District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
Anning, county-level city in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan

Sentences with 寧

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