"Would rather" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 宁愿 | nìng yuàn | would rather / better |   |
| 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 | |
| 情愿 | qíng yuàn | willingness / would rather (agree to X than Y) | |
| 毋宁 | wú nìng | not as good as / would rather | |
| 宁 |  nìng | would rather / to prefer / how (emphatic) / Taiwan pr. [ning2] | |
