宁波 (níngbō): Ningbo (sub-provincial city in…

Meanings

1 Ningbo (sub-provincial city in Zhejiang province)

Characters

宁

Examples

他老家在宁波。

Tā lǎojiā zài Níngbō.

His hometown is Ningbo.

宁波港是世界上最繁忙的港口之一。

Níngbō gǎng shì shìjiè shàng zuì fánmáng de gǎngkǒu zhī yī.

The Port of Ningbo is one of the busiest ports in the world.

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culture

Coastal Zhejiang city with a 7,000-year-old Hemudu culture site nearby, one of the earliest rice-farming civilizations in East Asia. The name literally means 'serene waves'.

In Pop Culture

宁波港 Níngbō Gǎng

Port of Ningbo

Fused with Zhoushan into the Ningbo-Zhoushan port, the world's busiest by cargo tonnage since 2009. A major driver of Zhejiang's economy.

宁波帮 Níngbō Bāng

Ningbo Gang

The 19th-20th century merchant network of Ningbo natives who built banking and shipping empires in Shanghai and Hong Kong — Y.K. Pao and Tung Chao-yung (father of HK's first CE) among them.