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宁愿 nìngyuàn

宁愿 nìngyuàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 宁愿 nìngyuàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nìngyuàn | ning4 yuan4
English translation
would rather
better

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About 宁愿 nìngyuàn

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Traditional form

寧願

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 宁愿 nìngyuàn

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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
yuàn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and yuán represents the sound. In simplified Chinese yuàn is also used to mean "hope; wish", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character yuàn .

Phonetic compound

yuán

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

原心

Number of Strokes

14

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Example sentences using 宁愿 nìngyuàn

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宁愿 nìngyuàn zhàn zhāo , yuàn guì zhāo shēng .

Better die standing than live kneeling.

Máo 还是 háishi 宁愿 nìngyuàn 按照 ànzhào 表面 biǎomiàn 价值 jiàzhí lái 对待 duìdài de 谈话 tán huà .

Still, Mao chose to treat my remarks at face value.

nìng yuàn Chéng 火车 huǒ chē 不愿 bù yuàn Chéng 飞机 fēijī 旅行 lǚxíng .

I would rather travel by train than by plane.

如果 rúguǒ 长得 zhǎng de Shuài shì zhǒng Cuò , 宁愿 nìngyuàn 一错 zài Cuò .

If beautiful is a mistake, i " d rather make mistake again. "

如果 rúguǒ 宁愿 nìngyuàn kān 蟑螂 zhāng láng zhàng bǎo le de 袋鼠 dài shǔ ,一定 yīdìng shì 觉得 juéde 克雷杜克先生 Xiānsheng 呆头呆 nǎo .

She must find Mr. Craddock precious dull if she prefers blackbeetles and stuffed kangaroos.

宁愿 nìngyuàn Decomposition

See the 8 Chinese characters that make up 宁愿 nìngyuàn and their own compounds.

宁愿 nìngyuàn Compounds

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