宁 (níng) means Peaceful (rather). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 宁 可走路也不坐车。
Wǒ nìngkě zǒu lù yě bú zuò chē.
I would rather walk than take a bus.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宁可
他 宁 可少赚点，也要做好。
Tā nìngkě shǎo zhuàn diǎn, yě yào zuò hǎo.
He would rather earn less and do it well.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宁可
他 宁 愿加班也要把事情做完。
Tā nìngyuàn jiābān yě yào bǎ shìqing zuò wán.
He would rather work overtime than leave the job unfinished.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宁愿
他 宁 可吃苦，也要保住尊严。
Tā nìngkě chīkǔ, yě yào bǎozhù zūnyán.
He would rather suffer than lose his dignity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 尊严
我 宁 肯走路，也不愿意挤地铁。
Wǒ nìngkěn zǒulù, yě bú yuànyì jǐ dìtiě.
I would rather walk than squeeze onto the underground.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宁肯
他 宁 肯自己吃亏，也不让朋友为难。
Tā nìngkěn zìjǐ chīkuī, yě bú ràng péngyou wéinán.
He would rather lose out himself than put a friend in a difficult spot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宁肯
我 宁 愿听真话，也不要好听的假话。
Wǒ nìngyuàn tīng zhēnhuà, yě bú yào hǎotīng de jiǎhuà.
I would rather hear the truth than a pleasant lie.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宁愿
战争结束后，这片土地终于恢复了安 宁 。
Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, zhè piàn tǔdì zhōngyú huīfù le ānníng.
After the war ended, this land finally returned to peace.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安宁
邻居装修了三个月，我们没过一天安 宁 日子。
Línjū zhuāngxiū le sān ge yuè, wǒmen méi guò yì tiān ānníng rìzi.
The neighbours renovated for three months and we did not have one peaceful day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安宁
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Words that contain 宁
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Questions about 宁
How is 宁 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 宁 (níng, "Peaceful (rather)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 宁 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 宁 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 宁?
The dictionary page for 宁 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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