宁愿 meaning in English

nìngyuàn

would rather ... (than ...)

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 寧願19 strokes

Meaning of 宁愿

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nìngyuàn

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

我wǒ宁nìng愿yuàn死sǐ也yě不bú要yào跟gēn你nǐ结jié婚hūn！

I'd rather die than marry you!

我wǒ宁nìng愿yuàn饿è着zhe也yě不bù吃chī这zhè个ge。

I'd rather go hungry than eat this.

我wǒ宁nìng愿yuàn饿è死sǐ，也yě不bú会huì去qù偷tōu东dōng西xī。

I would rather starve than steal.

我wǒ宁nìng愿yuàn没méi有yǒu钱qián也yě要yào找zhǎo到dào爱ài情qíng。

I'd rather have no money but find love.

我wǒ宁nìng愿yuàn逃táo学xué也yě要yào玩wán电diàn子zǐ游yóu戏xì。

I'd rather skip school and play video games.

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Words that share a character with 宁愿.

愿意	yuànyì	to wish; to want
愿望	yuànwàng	desire; wish
志愿者	zhìyuànzhě	volunteer
志愿	zhìyuàn	aspiration; ambition
宁静	níngjìng	tranquil; tranquility
自愿	zìyuàn	voluntary
意愿	yìyuàn	aspiration; wish (for)
心愿	xīnyuàn	cherished desire; dream
祝愿	zhùyuàn	to wish
但愿	dànyuàn	if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
宁可	nìngkě	preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...)
安宁	ānníng	peaceful; tranquil

What does 宁愿 mean?

宁愿 (nìngyuàn) means "would rather ... (than ...)" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 宁愿?

宁愿 is made of 2 characters: 宁 (5 strokes), 愿 (14 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 宁愿 an HSK word?

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

How is 宁愿 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 宁愿 is written 寧願.