nìng​kěníng​kě HSK7

would rather

宁可 寧可 nìng​kě frequency
would rather adverb
would rather; preferably; used to indicate a choice made after weighing alternatives, often choosing the lesser of two evils

He said that he would rather die.

宁可 寧可 níng​kě
how could
(literary) how could it be that; used to introduce a rhetorical question

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

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