# 宁可 (nìngkě)

In Mandarin Chinese, 宁可 (nìngkě) means “(adverb) would rather; preferably”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adverb) would rather; preferably
- Pinyin: nìngkě (ning4 ke3)
- Traditional: 寧可
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 我宁可走路去，也不想等车。
  Wǒ nìngkě zǒulù qù, yě bù xiǎng děng chē.
  I would rather walk there than wait for the bus.

## Characters

- 宁 (nìng): would rather; to prefer
- [可](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-but-however/) (kě): but, however; can, may

https://hanziro.com/word/ning-ke-would-rather/

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