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Jyutping ning4 hang2
Pinyin níng kěn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    would rather; would prefer; it would be better if
    (syn.) 宁可, 宁愿, 情願, 情愿, 残莫, 寧願, 殘莫, 寧可

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Jyutping ning4 hang2
Pinyin nìng kěn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. would rather...
  2. it would be better...
  3. would prefer
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    would rather; would prefer; it would be better if
    (syn.) 宁可, 宁愿, 情願, 情愿, 残莫, 寧願, 殘莫, 寧可
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    与其知道你要走,我宁肯你没有回来过。
    與其知道你要走,我寧肯你沒有回來過。
    yǔ qí zhī dào nǐ yào zǒu , wǒ nìng kěn nǐ méi yǒu huí lai guò 。
    • I would rather that you never returned than know that you wanted to leave.