寧肯

Chinese

		peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth) to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth); willing
trad. (寧肯/甯肯)		寧/甯	肯
simp. (宁肯)		宁	肯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìngkěn, níngkěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇ, ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ hang²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lēng-khńg / lēng-khéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìngkěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìngkěn
    • Wade–Giles: ning⁴-kʻên³
    • Yale: nìng-kěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqkeen
    • Palladius: нинкэнь (ninkɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níngkěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níngkěn
    • Wade–Giles: ning²-kʻên³
    • Yale: níng-kěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningkeen
    • Palladius: нинкэнь (ninkɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ning⁴ hang²
    • Yale: nìhng háng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ hang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ heng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ hɐŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng-khńg
    • Tâi-lô: līng-khńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lexngq'ngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng-khéng
    • Tâi-lô: līng-khíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lexngqeang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/

Adverb

寧肯

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

Synonyms

• 寧可／宁可 (nìngkě)
• 寧願／宁愿 (nìngyuàn)
• 情願／情愿 (qíngyuàn)
• 殘莫／残莫 (zan² mo) (Xiang)