| 宁蒗彝族自治县 | Níng làng Yí zú Zì zhì xiàn | Ninglang Yizu Autonomous County in Lijiang 丽江市, Yunnan | 
| 宁 | nìng | old variant of 宁 | 
| 宁 | Níng | abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区 / abbr. for Nanjing 南京 / surname Ning | 
| 宁 | níng | peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc) | 
| 宁 | nìng | would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2] | 
| 宁 | níng | variant of 宁 | 
| 宁蒗 | Níng làng | see 宁蒗彝族自治县 | 
| 蒗 | làng | (herb) / place name | 
| 彝 | Yí | Yi ethnic group | 
| 彝 | yí | (archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule; convention | 
| 彝族 | Yí zú | Yi ethnic group | 
| 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 | 
| 自治 | zì zhì | autonomy | 
| 自治县 | zì zhì xiàn | autonomous county | 
| 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 | 
| 县 | xiàn | county |