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宁夏回族自治区

Níng xià Huí zú Zì zhì qūdictionary entry
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Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市[Yín chuān Shì] (short name 寧|宁[Níng])
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

寧夏回族自治區 宁夏回族自治区 [Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] /Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市[Yin2 chuan1 Shi4] (short name 寧|宁[Ning2])/

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Other forms in these source records: 寧夏回族自治區

  • 宁
    zhù

    to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen

    nìng

    would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [níng]

    níng

    peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)

    Níng

    abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Níng xià Huí zú Zì zhì qū] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nán jīng] / surname Ning

  • 夏
    xià

    summer

    Xià

    the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC / Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432) / surname Xia

  • 回
    huí

    to go back / to return / to turn back / to turn around / to reply / to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times / to curve / to return / to revolve

    Huí

    Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)

  • 族
    zú

    race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

  • 自
    zì

    (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course

  • 治
    zhì

    to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research

  • 区
    qū

    area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[gè]

    Ōu

    surname Ou

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