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宁静

níng jìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 寧靜

宁静 (níng jìng) means "tranquil; tranquility; serenity". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 宁静 means

1. tranquil
2. tranquility
3. serenity

The characters in 宁静

• 宁nìngwould rather; to prefer; how (emphatic)
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet

Example sentences

• 暴风过后是宁静。
  Bàofēng guòhòu shì níngjìng.
  After a storm comes a calm.
• 奈良是一个宁静而美丽的城市。
  Nàiliáng shì yī gè níngjìng ér měilì de chéngshì.
  Nara is a quiet and beautiful city.
• 我想在一个宁静、没有空气污染的城镇里生活。
  I want to live in a quiet city where the air is clean.
• 那儿曾经很宁静，只不过偶尔会有一些过往车辆的声音。
  Nàr céngjīng hěn níngjìng, zhǐbuguò ǒu'ěr huì yǒuyīxiē guòwǎng chēliàng de shēngyīn.
  It was once very peaceful there, but now you'll sometimes hear the sound of passing vehicles.
• 他们在高山顶上建了自己的小城镇在那里过着宁静的生活。
  Tāmen zài gāoshān dǐngshàng jiàn le zìjǐ de xiǎochéng zhèn zài nàli guo zhe níngjìng de shēnghuó.
  There on the top of a high mountain they built a small town of their own and lived in peace.

Words starting with 宁静

• 宁静致远níng jìng zhì yuǎntranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study…

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