寧肯

Chinese

		peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth) to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth); willing
trad. (寧肯/甯肯)		寧/甯	肯
simp. (宁肯)		宁	肯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nìngkěn, níngkěn

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇ, ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ hang²
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): lēng-khńg / lēng-khéng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nìngkěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nìngkěn
  - Wade–Giles: ning⁴-kʻên³
  - Yale: nìng-kěn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqkeen
  - Palladius: нинкэнь (ninkɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: níngkěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: níngkěn
  - Wade–Giles: ning²-kʻên³
  - Yale: níng-kěn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningkeen
  - Palladius: нинкэнь (ninkɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ning⁴ hang²
  - Yale: nìhng háng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ hang²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ heng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ hɐŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng-khńg
  - Tâi-lô: līng-khńg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lexngq'ngr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēng-khéng
  - Tâi-lô: līng-khíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lexngqeang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/

Adverb

寧肯

would rather; would prefer; it would be better if

Synonyms

寧可／宁可 (nìngkě)
寧願／宁愿 (nìngyuàn)
情願／情愿 (qíngyuàn)
殘莫／残莫 (zan² mo) (Xiang)

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