| níng | peaceful/rather/Ningxia (abbr.)/Nanjing (abbr.)/surname Ning |
| nìng | rather/to prefer |
| 宁 | abbr. for Ningxia Hui autonomous region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区 |
| 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 | Better broken jade than intact tile. Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom) |
| 宁乡 | Ningxiang county in Changsha 長沙|长沙 |
| 宁乡县 | Ningxiang county in Changsha 長沙|长沙 |
| 宁人息事 | pacify people and settle matters; |
| 宁冈 | former Ninggang county in Jiangxi, now within Jinggangshan county level city 井岡山市|井冈山市 |
| 宁冈县 | former Ninggang county in Jiangxi, now within Jinggangshan county level city 井岡山市|井冈山市 |
| 宁化 | Ninghua county in Sanming 三明 |
| 宁化县 | Ninghua county in Sanming 三明 |
| 宁南 | Ningnan county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州 |
| 宁南县 | Ningnan county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州 |
| 宁县 | Ning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳 |
| 宁可 | preferably one would prefer to...(or not to...) would rather |
| 宁国 | Ningguo county level city in Xuancheng 宣城 |
| 宁国市 | Ningguo county level city in Xuancheng 宣城 |
| 宁城 | Ningcheng county of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia |
| 宁城县 | Ningcheng county of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia |
| 宁夏 | Ningxia Hui autonomous region (Ningsia) in Gansu, abbr. 宁, capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川 |
| 宁夏回族自治区 | Ningxia Hui autonomous region (Ningsia) east of Gansu, abbr. 宁, capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川 |
| 宁夏省 | former Ningxia province, now Ningxia Hui autonomous region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区 |