宁愿 nìngyuàn HSK7 would rather Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 宁愿 寧願 nìngyuàn would rather adverb Shows a preference for one option over another, usually when neither is ideal; often used in the pattern "would rather... than..." 我想我宁愿有爱也不愿有钱。 wǒ xiǎng wǒ nìngyuàn yǒu ài yě bù yuàn yǒu qián. I think I’d rather have love than money. Frequency Movie subtitles 29.1 per million appears in 13% of films Written text 14.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 宁肯 nìngkěn宁可 nìngkěSynonym 情愿 qíngyuànReferenced by 甯 nìng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
宁愿 寧願 nìngyuàn would rather adverb Shows a preference for one option over another, usually when neither is ideal; often used in the pattern "would rather... than..." 我想我宁愿有爱也不愿有钱。 wǒ xiǎng wǒ nìngyuàn yǒu ài yě bù yuàn yǒu qián. I think I’d rather have love than money. Frequency Movie subtitles 29.1 per million appears in 13% of films Written text 14.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 宁肯 nìngkěn宁可 nìngkěSynonym 情愿 qíngyuànReferenced by 甯 nìng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
