Dongning, a county-level city in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[mǔ dān jiāng shì], Heilongjiang
bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine
Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012)
Yongning, a district of Nanning City 南宁市[nán níng shì], Guangxi
(of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands
Suning Appliance (PRC electrical retailer)
Bakuninism, the political and social theories associated with the Russian revolutionary and anarchist Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876)
辽宁古盗鸟 遼寧古盜鳥 liáo níng gǔ dào niǎo Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)
不自由，毋宁死 不自由，毋寧死 bù zì yóu , wú nìng sǐ give me liberty or give me death
宁做鸡头，不做凤尾 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾 nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi 1. lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)2. fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán 1. Better broken jade than intact tile.2. Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县 寧洱哈尼族彝族自治縣 níng ěr hā ní zú yí zú zì zhì xiàn Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市[pǔ ěr shì], Yunnan
镇宁布依族苗族自治县 鎮寧布依族苗族自治縣 zhèn níng bù yī zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安顺市[ān shùn shì], Guizhou
威宁彝族回族苗族自治县 威寧彝族回族苗族自治縣 wēi níng yí zú huí zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County, in Bijie City 毕节市[bì jié shì], Guizhou
宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 寧拆十座廟，不毀一樁婚 nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
see 宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县[níng ěr hā ní zú yí zú zì zhì xiàn]
see 宁蒗彝族自治县[níng làng yí zú zì zhì xiàn]
see 景宁畲族自治县[jǐng níng shē zú zì zhì xiàn]
宁为鸡头，不为凤尾 寧為雞頭，不為鳳尾 nìng wéi jī tóu , bù wéi fèng wěi see 寧做雞頭，宁做鸡头，不做凤尾[nìng zuò jī tóu bù zuò fèng wěi]
(literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents