寧可

Chinese

	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
trad. (寧可)	寧	可
simp. (宁可)	宁	可
alternative forms	甯可

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nìngkě, níngkě

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄜˇ, ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ ho²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nèn-khó
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-khóⁿ / lêng-khó / lêng-khó͘ / liông-khó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nìngkě
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nìngkě
  - Wade–Giles: ning⁴-kʻo³
  - Yale: nìng-kě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqkee
  - Palladius: нинкэ (ninkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: níngkě
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níngkě
  - Wade–Giles: ning²-kʻo³
  - Yale: níng-kě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningkee
  - Palladius: нинкэ (ninkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ning⁴ ho²
  - Yale: nìhng hó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ ho²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ ho²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ hɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nèn-khó
  - Hakka Romanization System: nen^ˇ ko^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nen² ko³
  - Sinological IPA: /nen¹¹ kʰo³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-khóⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-khónn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengqvor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-khó
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-khó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengqoir
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengqor
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-khó
  - Tâi-lô: liông-khó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liongqoir
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴¹/

Adverb

寧可

would rather; would prefer; it would be better if
我寧可在家打工。 [MSC, trad.]
我宁可在家打工。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ nìngkě zài jiā dǎgōng. [Pinyin]
I'd prefer to work at home.

Synonyms

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寧肯／宁肯 (nìngkěn)
寧願／宁愿 (nìngyuàn)
情願／情愿 (qíngyuàn)
殘莫／残莫 (zan² mo) (Xiang)