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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 宁可
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 宁可 | nìng kě | - preferably - one would prefer to...(or not to...) - would rather - (would) be better to - (to pick) the lesser of two evils |
List Ranking for: 宁可
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 7 | 5,505 | 10,967 | 6,204 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 㝉 | zhù | - to store - to stand - space between the door and the entrance screen |
| 宁 | nìng | - old variant of 寧|宁[ning4] |
| 宁 | níng | - abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2xia4 Hui2zu2 Zi4zhi4qu1] - abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2jing1] - surname Ning |
| 宁 | níng | - peaceful - to pacify - to visit (one's parents etc) |
| 宁 | nìng | - would rather - to prefer - how (emphatic) - Taiwan pr. [ning2] |
| 宁 | níng | - variant of 寧|宁[ning2] |
| 可 | kě | - (prefix) can; may; able to; -able - to approve; to permit - to suit - (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very - but; however |
| 可 | kè | - used in 可汗[ke4 han2] |
Other Words Containing 宁可
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 宁可 | 5 | 7 | 5,505 | 10,967 | 6,204 |