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宁可

宁可 nìngkě

宁可 nìngkě Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 宁可 nìngkě .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nìngkě | ning4 ke3
English translation
preferably
one would prefer to...(or not to...)
would rather
(would) be better to
(to pick) the lesser of two evils

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About 宁可 nìngkě

Read some general information about the Chinese word 宁可 nìngkě .

Traditional form

寧可

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng
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Etymology of 宁可 nìngkě

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nìng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of níng . Phonosemantic compound. Dīng represents the sound and the other components represent the meaning. The traditional component xīn was removed for simplification. The traditional component mǐn was removed for simplification.

Phonetic compound

Dīng

Semantic compound

gài

Positional decomposition

宀丁

Number of Strokes

5

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

The right component is a pictograph of an axe handle, now written as (kē). kǒu (mouth) was added later to indicate that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Phonetic compound

kǒu

Semantic compound

Dīng

Positional decomposition

丁口

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 宁可 nìngkě

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宁可 nìngkě 选择 xuǎnzé ǎi Fáng 不要 bù yào 高楼 gāo lóu .

I prefer low rise to high rise.

宁可 nìngkě ràng 亲人 qīn rén 责备 zébèi , 切勿 qiè wù ràng 敌人 dírén 亲吻 qīn wěn .

Better be blamed by our kith and kin, than be kissed by the enemy.

宁可 nìngkě 千日 zhàn ,不可 bù kě 一日 bèi .

Better have no war for a thousand days than slacken your vigilance for one day.

守财奴 shǒu cái nú 爱财如命 aì cái rú mìng ,宁可 nìngkě 饿 è 肚皮 dù pí , méi 穿 chuān .

Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.

宁可 nìngkě 玩意 wán yì shōu 起来 qǐlai

I'd just as soon you put that thing away.

宁可 nìngkě Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 宁可 nìngkě and their own compounds.

宁可 nìngkě Compounds

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