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宁可

nìngkě

Traditional: 寧可

preferably

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 宁可 in English

nìngkěHSK 7–9adverbSyllabus #8377
  1. preferably
  2. one would prefer to...(or not to...)
  3. would rather
  4. (would) be better to
  5. (to pick) the lesser of two evils

Characters

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HSK words with 宁

安宁HSK 7–9宁静HSK 7–9宁愿HSK 7–9
可 on its own →
kě · (prefix) can; may; able to; -able

HSK words with 可

可以HSK 1可能HSK 2可HSK 3可爱HSK 3可是HSK 3可惜HSK 4可见HSK 5可靠HSK 5可怕HSK 5可口HSK 6

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences