Word information
Simplified宁肯
Traditional寧肯
Pinyinnìng kěn
Part of speechd, c
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
宁肯
nìng kěn · would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer
Character breakdown
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宁愿nìngyuànwould rather ... (than ...)