宁肯

HSK level

6

Traditional form

寧肯

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

宁 nìng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

丁 Dīng

Semantic compound

宀 gài

Positional decomposition

⿱宀丁

Number of Strokes

5

肯 kěn

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱止⺼

Number of Strokes

8

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有 yǒu 的 de 人 rén 不 bù 愿 yuàn 承认 chéngrèn 失败 shībài ,而是 ér shì 宁肯 nìngkěn 厚着脸皮干 gān 下去 xià qù .

Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.

他 tā 宁肯 nìngkěn 在 zài 比赛 bǐsài 中 Zhōng 丢 diū 了 le 性命 xìngmìng 也 Yě 不愿 bù yuàn 在 zài 医院 yīyuàn 里 lǐ 苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn 。

He would rather be killed in a race than die a lingering death in hospital.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 宁肯 nìngkěn and their own compounds.

宁 nìng

丁 Dīng

一 yī , 亅 jué

宀 gài

肯 kěn

月 yuè , 止 zhǐ

See all 20 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 宁肯 nìngkěn in their composition.

宁 nìng

柠 níng , 拧 níng , 泞 nìng , 狞 níng , 咛 níng , 羜 zhù , 聍 níng , 詝, 佇 zhù , 坾, 眝, 竚, 紵, 苧 zhù , 貯 zhù

肯 kěn

啃 kěn , 掯 kèn , 楈, 褃, 錹

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