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宁肯 (nìng kěn): Would rather (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

宁 • nìng • peaceful, tranquil, serene
nìng宁

peaceful, tranquil, serene

肯 • kěn • to agree, to consent; to be willing to
kěn肯

to agree, to consent; to be willing to

Word Info

Pinyinnìng kěn
Meaningwould rather
Characters2
SyntaxAdverb

HSK 6 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 宁肯.

  • 不像话bú xiàng huàunreasonable; absurd
  • 才干cái gànability; competence; capability
  • 仓库cāng kùstorehouse; warehouse
  • 安置ān zhìarrange for; find a place for
  • 不免bù miǎnunavoidable; bound to; invariably inevitably
  • 摆脱bǎi tuōdispense; cast off; extricate oneself from
  • 卑鄙bēi bǐbase; mean; contemptible
  • 博览会bó lǎn huìfair; exhibition; exposition
  • 巴结bā jiecurry favour with; fawn on; flatter
  • 查获chá huòhunt down and seize; track down
  • 不由得bù yóu decannot help; cannot but
  • 鞭策biān cèspur on; encourage
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 宁肯.

Words with 宁
  • 宁可nìng kěwould rather; better
  • 宁愿nìng yuànwould rather; better
  • 安宁ān níngpeaceful; tranquil; calm
  • 宁静
níng jìng
peaceful
  • 奎宁kuíníngquinine (medicine)
  • 毋宁wú nìngrather; more than
  • 坤宁宫kūn níng gōngPalace of Earthly Tranquility (in the Forbidden City)
  • 宁缺毋滥nìng quē wú lànrather go without than have something shoddy
    • Words with 肯
    • 肯定kěn dìngcertain; definite
    • 不肯bù kěnRefuse
    • 肯特kěn tèKent (place name)
    • 肯塔基kěn tǎ jīKentucky (US state)
    • 肯塔基州kěn tǎ jī zhōuKentucky (US state)
    • 阿肯色州ā kěn sè zhōuArkansas state
    4.

    How to Use 宁肯 in Sentences

    Idiomwith也不
    nìng宁
    kěn肯
    …
    …
    yě也
    bù不
    …
    …
    neutral
    would rather... than...
    Adverb + Verbwith放弃
    nìng宁
    kěn肯
    fàng放
    qì弃
    Verb + Objectwith吃亏
    nìng宁
    kěn肯
    zì自
    jǐ己
    chī吃
    kuī亏
    Verb + Complementwith死
    nìng宁
    kěn肯
    zhàn站
    zhe着
    sǐ死
    5.

    Example Sentences with 宁肯

    wǒ我
    nìng宁
    kěn肯
    zǒu走
    lù路
    qù去
    neutral
    would rather give up
    neutral
    would rather suffer losses oneself
    formal
    Written
    would rather die standing
    xué学
    xiào校
    。
    I would rather walk to school.
    tā他
    nìng宁
    kěn肯
    zì自
    jǐ己
    xīn辛
    kǔ苦
    ，
    yě也
    bù不
    yuàn愿
    má麻
    fan烦
    bié别
    rén人
    。
    He would rather work hard himself than bother others.
    tā他
    nìng宁
    kěn肯
    chéng承
    dān担
    quán全
    bù部
    zé责
    rèn任
    ，
    yě也
    bú不
    yuàn愿
    tuán团
    duì队
    shì士
    qì气
    shòu受
    sǔn损
    。
    He would rather take full responsibility than let the team's morale be damaged.
    tā他
    nìng宁
    kěn肯
    zì自
    jǐ己
    xīn辛
    kǔ苦
    yì一
    diǎn点
    ，
    yě也
    bù不
    yuàn愿
    yì意
    má麻
    fan烦
    bié别
    ren人
    。
    He would rather work harder himself than bother others.
    wèi为
    le了
    bǎo保
    chí持
    jiàn健
    kāng康
    ，
    tā她
    nìng宁
    kěn肯
    fàng放
    qì弃
    nà那
    xiē些
    měi美
    wèi味
    de的
    tián甜
    shí食
    。
    To stay healthy, she would rather give up those delicious desserts.