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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 宁肯
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 宁肯 | nìng kěn | - would rather... - it would be better... - would prefer |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | - | 30,999 | 39,690 | 37,326 |
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] |
| 肯 | kěn | - to agree; to consent - to be willing to |
| 肯 | kěn | - old variant of 肯[ken3] |
Other Words Containing 宁肯
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 (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 宁肯 | 6 | - | 30,999 | 39,690 | 37,326 |