Chinese word dictionary

宁愿

nìngyuàn · would rather ... (than ...)

Word information

Simplified宁愿
Traditional寧願
Pinyinnìngyuàn
Part of speech
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.06

How to learn 宁愿

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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