nìng kě

Traditional: 寧可

HSK 7–9

宁可 (nìng kě) is a Chinese word meaning “preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather”.

Meanings

  1. 1preferably
  2. 2one would prefer to...(or not to...)
  3. 3would rather
  4. 4(would) be better to
  5. 5(to pick) the lesser of two evils
Part of speech
adverb

Characters in 宁可

宁níng · peaceful可kě · (prefix) can; may; able to; -able

Related words

可以can可(prefix) can; may; able to; -able可used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可能might (happen)可是but; however可爱adorable可怜pitiful可怕awful不可思议(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable可惜it is a pity可不see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4]不可cannot; should not; must not

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