宁可 nìngkěníngkě HSK7 would rather Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 宁可 寧可 nìngkě frequency would rather adverb would rather; preferably; used to indicate a choice made after weighing alternatives, often choosing the lesser of two evils 他说，他宁可去死。 tā shuō, tā nìngkě qù sǐ. He said that he would rather die. 宁可 寧可 níngkě how could (literary) how could it be that; used to introduce a rhetorical question Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 9.54 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 7.22 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 宁愿 nìngyuàn宁肯 nìngkěn岂可 qǐkě乍可 zhàkěSynonym 情愿 qíngyuànReferenced by 甯 nìng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
宁可 寧可 nìngkě frequency would rather adverb would rather; preferably; used to indicate a choice made after weighing alternatives, often choosing the lesser of two evils 他说，他宁可去死。 tā shuō, tā nìngkě qù sǐ. He said that he would rather die. 宁可 寧可 níngkě how could (literary) how could it be that; used to introduce a rhetorical question Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 9.54 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 7.22 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 宁愿 nìngyuàn宁肯 nìngkěn岂可 qǐkě乍可 zhàkěSynonym 情愿 qíngyuànReferenced by 甯 nìng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
