寧願

Chinese

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

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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lēng-goān / lêng-goān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìngyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìngyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ning⁴-yüan⁴
    • Yale: nìng-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqyuann
    • Palladius: нинъюань (ninʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níngyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níngyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ning²-yüan⁴
    • Yale: níng-ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningyuann
    • Palladius: нинъюань (ninʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ning⁴ jyun⁶, ning⁴ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: nìhng yuhn, nìhng yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ jyn⁶, ning⁴ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ yun⁶, ning⁴ yun^6-2
    • Sinological 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
    • Sinological IPA: /nen¹¹ ŋi̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nèn-ngian
    • Hakka Romanization System: nenˇ ngian
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nen² ngian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nen¹¹ ŋi̯an⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng-goān
    • Tâi-lô: līng-guān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lexnggoan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ɡuan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ɡuan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-goān
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-guān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lenggoan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡuan³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡuan³³/

Adverb

寧願

1. would rather; would prefer; it would be better if

Synonyms

• 寧可／宁可 (nìngkě)
• 寧肯／宁肯 (nìngkěn)
• 情願／情愿 (qíngyuàn)
• 殘莫／残莫 (zan² mo) (Xiang)