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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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]

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
- - - 30,697 11,087

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Pictophonetic

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Hint:

Heart

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo