宁可

nìngkě

preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...)

Traditional 寧可
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 HSK 2.0 · Level 5 adverbconjunction

Meaning

nìngkě ning4 ke3
  1. preferably
  2. one would prefer to...(or not to...)
  3. would rather
  4. (would) be better to
  5. (to pick) the lesser of two evils

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