宁可 meaning in English

nìngkě

preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...)

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 寧可10 strokes

Meaning of 宁可

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nìngkě

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ今jīn天tiān晚wǎn上shàng宁nìng可kě不bú要yào出chū门mén。

I'd rather not go out this evening.

我wǒ宁nìng可kě不bú要yào单dān独dú去qù那nà里lǐ。

I'd rather not go there alone.

我wǒ宁nìng可kě死sǐ，也yě不bù想xiǎng看kàn见jiàn你nǐ哭kū。

I'd rather die than see you cry.

我wǒ不bù想xiǎng坐zuò汽qì车chē去qù，宁nìng可kě走zǒu去qù。

I don't want to go in the car. I would rather walk.

宁nìng可kě当dāng只zhǐ老lǎo虎hǔ活huó一yī天tiān，也yě不bù愿yuàn当dāng只zhǐ兔tù子zi过guò一yì百bǎi年nián。

Rather than live a hundred years as a rabbit, live one day as a tiger.

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Words that share a character with 宁可.

可以	kěyǐ	can; may
可能	kěnéng	might (happen); possible
可是	kěshì	but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
可爱	kě'ài	adorable; cute
可怕	kěpà	awful; dreadful
可靠	kěkào	reliable
可乐	kělè	amusing; entertaining
认可	rènkě	to approve; approval
宁静	níngjìng	tranquil; tranquility
可见	kějiàn	it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear
可怜	kělián	pitiful; pathetic
可惜	kěxī	it is a pity; what a pity

What does 宁可 mean?

宁可 (nìngkě) means "preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...)" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 宁可?

宁可 is made of 2 characters: 宁 (5 strokes), 可 (5 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 宁可 an HSK word?

Yes. 宁可 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 宁可 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 宁可 is written 寧可.