寧夏

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, abbr. 寧|宁[Ning2], capital Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yin2 chuan1]

níng = ni + (e)ng2

abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] / surname Ning

níng = ni + (e)ng2

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

nìng = ni + (e)ng4

would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2]

xià = xi + a4

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

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