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寧願

寧願

Chinese

		peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing
trad. (寧願)		寧	願
simp. (宁愿)		宁	愿

Conjunction

寧願

would rather; would prefer; it would be better if

Synonyms

寧肯／宁肯 (nìngkěn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nìngyuàn, níngyuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋ, ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ jyun⁶, ning⁴ jyun^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nèn-ngien / nèn-ngian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: nìngyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqyuann
  - IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: níngyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningyuann
  - IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ning⁴ jyun⁶, ning⁴ jyun^6-2
  - Yale: nìhng yuhn, nìhng yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ jyn⁶, ning⁴ jyn^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ jyːn²²/, /nɪŋ²¹ jyːn²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nèn-ngien
  - Hakka Romanization System: nenˇ ngien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nen² ngian⁴
  - IPA: /nen¹¹ ɲi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nèn-ngian
  - Hakka Romanization System: nenˇ ngian
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nen² ngian⁴
  - IPA: /nen¹¹ ɲi̯an⁵⁵/