Mr. Ning smiled as he handed me the letter.

The Nings gathered at the harbor to share stories of their travels.

I felt like a total ning-nong after I walked straight into the glass door at the café.

Don't be such a ning nong at the meeting; speak up when you have an idea.

The field researchers cataloged ten ning nongs before the storm forced them to leave.

Ning-po has long been an important port city on the east coast of China.

After months of planning, our research team set up a coastal observatory in Liao Ning to monitor migratory bird patterns.

Historians studying Qing-era records often encounter the spelling Liao-ning as an older form of the province's name.

Hsi-ning has become an increasingly popular stop on travelers' itineraries through Qinghai Province.

Chi-ning is an alternative form of the city's name found in several old travel diaries.