寧可

Chinese

		peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
trad. (寧可)		寧	可
simp. (宁可)		宁	可
alternative forms		甯可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìngkě, níngkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄜˇ, ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴ ho²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nèn-khó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-khóⁿ / lêng-khó / lêng-khó͘ / liông-khó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìngkě
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìngkě
    • Wade–Giles: ning⁴-kʻo³
    • Yale: nìng-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ninqkee
    • Palladius: нинкэ (ninkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níngkě
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níngkě
    • Wade–Giles: ning²-kʻo³
    • Yale: níng-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningkee
    • Palladius: нинкэ (ninkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ning⁴ ho²
    • Yale: nìhng hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴ ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴ ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹ hɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nèn-khó
    • Hakka Romanization System: nenˇ ko`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nen² ko³
    • Sinological IPA: /nen¹¹ kʰo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-khóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-khónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengqvor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-khó
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengqoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengqor
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-khó
    • Tâi-lô: liông-khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongqoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴¹/

Adverb

寧可

1. would rather; would prefer; it would be better if

   我寧可在家打工。 [MSC, trad.]
   我宁可在家打工。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ nìngkě zài jiā dǎgōng. [Pinyin]

   I'd prefer to work at home.

Synonyms

• 寧肯／宁肯 (nìngkěn)
• 寧願／宁愿 (nìngyuàn)
• 情願／情愿 (qíngyuàn)
• 殘莫／残莫 (zan² mo) (Xiang)