宁

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 我宁愿不说出来。

  Wǒ nìng yuàn bù shuō chū lái

  I'd rather not say.

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• 他宁愿不吃这个。

  Tā nìng yuàn bù chī zhè ge

  He'd prefer not to eat that.

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• 我不想坐汽车去，宁可走去。

  Wǒ bù xiǎng zuò qì chē qù nìng kě zǒu qù

  I don't want to go in the car. I would rather walk.

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• 你度过了很不安宁的一夜。

  Nǐ dù guò le hěn bù ān níng de yī yè

  You've had a very restless night.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 宁

• 宁静níng jìng 2–4 tranquil; tranquility; serenity
• 宁可nìng kě 4–3 preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
• 宁愿nìng yuàn 4–4 would rather ... (than ...)
• 安宁ān níng 1–2 peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
• 宁肯nìng kěn 4–3 would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer