寧ning4可ho2

English

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
6. would rather; better to; when confonted with a choice, it's better to take the lesser preferred one over not making a choice at allunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 表示係一啲選擇入面，揀嗰一個唔係自己想要嘅，但已經算係最好unreviewed?

Examples

• 我寧可死也不屈服。

  I would rather die than yield.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 我寧可不要單獨去那裡。

  I would rather not go there alone.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 我今天晚上寧可不要出門。

  I'd rather not go out this evening.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 我宁可死，也不想看见你哭。

  I'd rather die than see you cry.

  Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

• 我不想坐汽车去，宁可走去。

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

  Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

• 与其向命运妥协，我宁可自杀。

  I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.

  Tatoeba · xiuqin CC BY

• unreviewed?

  寧可信其有，不可信其無。

  Better to believe it's true than to not believe it at all.