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寧肯

寧肯

Chinese

		peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth) to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth); willing
trad. (寧肯)		寧	肯
simp. (宁肯)		宁	肯

Conjunction

寧肯

would rather ..., would prefer ..., it would be better if ...

Synonyms

寧願／宁愿 (nìngyuàn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nìngkěn, níngkěn

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇ, ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ hang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: nìngkěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqkeen
  - IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: níngkěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄣˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningkeen
  - IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ning⁴ hang²
  - Yale: nìhng háng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ hang²
  - IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ hɐŋ³⁵/