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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 宁 [níng]
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1.
adjective
peaceful
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1.
adjective
peaceful
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 宁 [níng]
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1.
形
[文]
形容头发蓬松的样子。
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1.
形
[文]
形容头发蓬松的样子。
- 宁 [níng]
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1.
形
安定;安宁
- 心绪不宁
- 宁静。
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2.
动
[文]
使安定
- 息事宁人。
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3.
动
[文]
已嫁女子回娘家探望父母
- 归宁
- 宁亲。
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4.
名
南京的别称(南京曾叫江宁)
- 沪宁铁路。
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5.
"寧"简化为"宁"。为避免混淆,汉字中原有的"宁"(ｚｈù,古代宫殿的门和屏之间)改为"??"。从"宁"的字,如"??""佇""苧""紵"等,也改为"贮""伫""苎""纻"。
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1.
形
安定;安宁
Examples
- 与其苟且偷生,毋宁英勇战死。 → 毋宁
- 我们要有宁作鬼雄不做傀儡的气魄。
- We'd like to be heroes among ghosts, instead of being puppets in others' hands. → 鬼雄
- 黎庶安, 社稷宁, 这是历代统治者的愿望。
- The common people are content with their lives and the society is peaceful, which is the wish of the rulers in past dynasties. → 黎庶
- 我们宁早勿晚。
- We'd rather be early than late. → 宁
- 我宁可回家。
- I'd rather go home. → 宁可
- 王侯将相宁有种乎? → 宁
- I'd prefer him to go to university
- 我宁可他上大学 → prefer
- I'd rather not say
- 我宁可不说 → rather
Character Decomposition
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宀
[mián] |
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丁
[dīng] |
Stroke Order
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Total Strokes: 5 |
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