ning

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Contents 1 Mandarin 1.1 Pinyin syllable 1.1.1 Usage notes 2 Uzbek 2.1 Particle 2.1.1 Usage notes

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[edit] Pinyin syllable

ning

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, níng, nǐng, or nìng.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Uzbek

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ning (нинг)

1. Genitive case marker. Indicates that either that previous word has possession of the following word, or the following word is an attribute or a portion of the previous word. It functions like the English suffix “'s”.
   • Otamning ruchkasi.

     It's my father's pen.

[edit] Usage notes

The first person singular pronoun men and the second person singular pronoun sen are formed as "mening", and "sening" respectively.