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宁愿

nìng yuàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 寧願

宁愿 (nìng yuàn) means "would rather ... (than ...)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 宁愿 means

1. would rather ... (than ...)

The characters in 宁愿

• 宁nìngwould rather; to prefer; how (emphatic)
• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿

Example sentences

• 我宁愿分开。
  I would rather be apart.
• 我宁愿去游泳。
  I'd rather go swimming.
• 我宁愿待在家里。
  I would rather stay at home.
• 宁愿死也不给你。
  I'd rather die than give you this.
• 我宁愿你待在家里。
  I'd rather you stayed at home.
• 我宁愿搭飞机旅行。
  I prefer to travel by air.

Where 宁愿 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · nán–nìng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nìng yuàn correctly.
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