See 寧可信其有，不可信其無 on Wiktionary
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"glosses": [
"It is better to believe something is real or true than to believe it is nonexistent or false."
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"id": "en-寧可信其有，不可信其無-zh-proverb-2N2SZHR3",
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"zh-pron": "nìngkě xìn qíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùkě xìn qí wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "níngkě xìn qíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ ho² seon³ kei⁴ jau⁵, bat¹ ho² seon³ kei⁴ mou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "nìngkě xìn qíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùkě xìn qí wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "nìngkě sìn cíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùkě sìn cí wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴-kʻo³ hsin⁴ chʻi²-yu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-kʻo³ hsin⁴ chʻi² wu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "nìng-kě syìn chí-yǒu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-kě syìn chí wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "ninqkee shinn chyiyeou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bukee shinn chyi wu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "нинкэ синь цию"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "букэ синь ци у"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ninkɛ sinʹ ciju"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bukɛ sinʹ ci u"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ u³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "níngkě xìn qíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "níngkě sìn cíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ning²-kʻo³ hsin⁴ chʻi²-yu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "níng-kě syìn chí-yǒu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "ningkee shinn chyiyeou"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ u³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "nìhng hó seun kèih yáuh, bāt hó seun kèih mòuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ ho² soen³ kei⁴ jau⁵, bat⁷ ho² soen³ kei⁴ mou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ ho² sên³ kéi⁴ yeo⁵, bed¹ ho² sên³ kéi⁴ mou⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ hɔː³⁵ sɵn³³ kʰei̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɵn³³ kʰei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ u³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ u³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ hɔː³⁵ sɵn³³ kʰei̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɵn³³ kʰei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/"
}
],
"word": "寧可信其有，不可信其無"
}
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"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 信",
"Chinese terms spelled with 其",
"Chinese terms spelled with 可",
"Chinese terms spelled with 寧",
"Chinese terms spelled with 有",
"Chinese terms spelled with 無",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"glosses": [
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"real",
"real"
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"true",
"true"
],
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"nonexistent",
"nonexistent"
],
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"false",
"false"
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"sounds": [
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"zh-pron": "nìngkě xìn qíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùkě xìn qí wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "níngkě xìn qíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧㄡˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ ho² seon³ kei⁴ jau⁵, bat¹ ho² seon³ kei⁴ mou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "nìngkě xìn qíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùkě xìn qí wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "nìngkě sìn cíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bùkě sìn cí wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴-kʻo³ hsin⁴ chʻi²-yu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pu⁴-kʻo³ hsin⁴ chʻi² wu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "nìng-kě syìn chí-yǒu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bù-kě syìn chí wú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "ninqkee shinn chyiyeou"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bukee shinn chyi wu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "нинкэ синь цию"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "букэ синь ци у"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "ninkɛ sinʹ ciju"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bukɛ sinʹ ci u"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ u³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "níngkě xìn qíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "níngkě sìn cíyǒu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "ning²-kʻo³ hsin⁴ chʻi²-yu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "níng-kě syìn chí-yǒu-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "ningkee shinn chyiyeou"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ u³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "nìhng hó seun kèih yáuh, bāt hó seun kèih mòuh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ ho² soen³ kei⁴ jau⁵, bat⁷ ho² soen³ kei⁴ mou⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ning⁴ ho² sên³ kéi⁴ yeo⁵, bed¹ ho² sên³ kéi⁴ mou⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ hɔː³⁵ sɵn³³ kʰei̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɵn³³ kʰei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ u³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/niŋ³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ u³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/nɪŋ²¹ hɔː³⁵ sɵn³³ kʰei̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɵn³³ kʰei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/"
}
],
"word": "寧可信其有，不可信其無"
}
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