寧可 [宁－]

Jyutping ning4 ho2
Pinyin níng kě

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    would rather; would prefer; it would be better if
    (syn.) 宁愿, 情願, 情愿, 宁肯, 残莫, 寧願, 殘莫, 寧肯
    • 我寧可在家打工。
      我宁可在家打工。
      wǒ nìng kě zài jiā dǎ gōng ．
      I'd prefer to work at home.

寧可 [宁－]

Jyutping ning4 ho2
Pinyin nìng kě

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  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
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    表示​係​一​啲​選擇​入面​，​揀​嗰​一​個​唔​係​自己​想要​嘅​，​但​已​經算​係​最好
    would rather; better to; when confonted with a choice, it's better to take the lesser preferred one over not making a choice at all
    • 寧可信其有，不可信其無。
      宁可信其有，不可信其无。
      ning4 ho2 seon3 kei4 jau5, bat1 ho2 seon3 kei4 mou4.
      Better to believe it's true than to not believe it at all.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    would rather; would prefer; it would be better if
    (syn.) 宁愿, 情願, 情愿, 宁肯, 残莫, 寧願, 殘莫, 寧肯
    • 我寧可在家打工。
      我宁可在家打工。
      wǒ nìng kě zài jiā dǎ gōng ．
      I'd prefer to work at home.
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #3018
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我宁可死，也不想看见你哭。
    我寧可死，也不想看見你哭。
    wǒ nìng kě sǐ ， yě bù xiǎng kàn jiàn nǐ kū 。
    • I'd rather die than see you cry.
  2. Mandarin
    我不想坐汽车去，宁可走去。
    我不想坐汽車去，寧可走去。
    wǒ bù xiǎng zuò qì chē qù ， nìng kě zǒu qù 。
    • I don't want to go in the car. I would rather walk.
  3. Mandarin
    与其向命运妥协，我宁可自杀。
    與其向命運妥協，我寧可自殺。
    yǔ qí xiàng mìng yùn tuǒ xié ， wǒ nìng kě zì shā 。
    • I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.
  4. Mandarin
    你应该宁可用词汇来造句，也不要试着死记硬背。
    你應該寧可用詞彙來造句，也不要試着死記硬背。
    nǐ yīng gāi nìng kě yòng cí huì lái zào jù ， yě bù yào shì zhe sǐ jì yìng bèi 。
    • You should use words to make sentences, rather than try to learn them with rote memorisation.
  5. Mandarin
    我宁可死也不屈服。
    我寧可死也不屈服。
    wǒ nìng kě sǐ yě bù qū fú 。
    • I would rather die than yield.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    宁可信其有，不可信其无。
    寧可信其有，不可信其無。
    ning4 ho2 seon3 kei4 jau5, bat1 ho2 seon3 kei4 mou4.
    • Better to believe it's true than to not believe it at all.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我宁可在家打工。
    我寧可在家打工。
    wǒ nìng kě zài jiā dǎ gōng ．
    • I'd prefer to work at home.
  2. Mandarin
    我有很多游戏机，但是我宁可看电视和玩电脑。
    我有很多遊戲機，但是我寧可看電視和玩電腦。
    wǒ yǒu hěn duō yóu xì jī ， dàn shì wǒ nìng kě kàn diàn shì hé wán diàn nǎo ．
    • I have many game consoles, but I prefer to watch TV and play on the computer.
  3. Mandarin
    在你的院宇住一日，胜似在别处住千日；宁可在我神殿中看门，不愿住在恶人的帐棚里。
    在你的院宇住一日，勝似在別處住千日；寧可在我神殿中看門，不願住在惡人的帳棚裏。
    zài nǐ de yuàn yǔ zhù yī rì ， shèng sì zài bié chù zhù qiān rì ； nìng kě zài wǒ shén diàn zhōng kān mén ， bù yuàn zhù zài è rén de zhàng péng lǐ ．
    • For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of the wicked.