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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zhù - to store
- to stand
- space between the door and the entrance screen
nìng - old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]
níng - abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2xia4 Hui2zu2 Zi4zhi4qu1]
- abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2jing1]
- surname Ning
níng - peaceful
- to pacify
- to visit (one's parents etc)
nìng - would rather
- to prefer
- how (emphatic)
- Taiwan pr. [ning2]
níng - variant of 寧|宁[ning2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,024 3,710 3,698

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Roof

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
宁愿 6 7 2,468 6,918 3,197
宁可 5 7 5,505 10,967 6,204
安宁 6 7 6,636 12,200 9,194
宁静 - 4 6,726 7,461 4,364
- - 9,024 3,710 3,698
心神不宁 - - 17,626 48,421 31,503
列宁 - - 18,800 10,788 23,347
奎宁 - - 24,280 88,210 66,824
唐宁街 - - 24,435 49,427 82,110
永无宁日 - - 29,407 98,247 75,645
宁肯 6 - 30,999 39,690 37,326
息事宁人 - - 37,226 49,173 37,440
贝宁 - - 37,775 47,012 35,570
宁波 - - 39,955 5,471 6,182
列宁格勒 - - 43,893 49,580 79,929
宁死不屈 - - 44,219 61,181 36,526
宁安 - - 48,135 76,192 117,030
勃朗宁 - - 48,229 - -
海宁 - - 56,135 16,121 16,167
毋宁 - - 60,198 57,854 51,505
宁夏 - - 70,181 9,480 17,732
宁德 - - 70,350 36,376 34,807
单宁酸 - - 81,867 99,337 55,875
列宁主义 - - 84,517 33,774 98,779
洛宁 - - 91,575 66,212 78,835
丹宁 - - 91,690 - 74,247