宁
nìng
old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]
would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
我宁愿待在家里，也不想出去。
wǒ nìng yuàn dāi zài jiā lǐ， yě bù xiǎng chū qù。
I would rather stay at home than go out.
他宁可一个人吃苦，也不让家人担心。
tā nìng kě yī gè rén chī kǔ， yě bù ràng jiā rén dān xīn。
He would rather suffer alone than let his family worry.
Words with 宁
永无宁日
yǒng wú níng rì
(in such circumstances) there will be no peace
心神不宁
xīn shén bù níng
to feel ill at ease
建宁
jiàn níng
see 建寧縣|建宁县[Jian4 ning2 Xian4]
万宁市
wàn níng shì
Wanning City, Hainan
普宁市
pǔ níng shì
Puning, a county-level city in Jieyang City 揭陽市|揭阳市[Jie1 yang2 Shi4], Guangdong
宁可
nìng kě
preferably
伊宁
yī níng
Yining city and county or Ghulja nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
贝宁
bèi níng
Benin
宁海县
níng hǎi xiàn
Ninghai county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang
陕甘宁
shǎn gān níng
Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
鸡犬不宁
jī quǎn bù níng
lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom)
列宁格勒
liè níng gé lè
Leningrad, former name (1923–1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg 聖彼得堡|圣彼得堡[Sheng4 bi3 de2 bao3]