"毋寧" meaning in Chinese

See 毋寧 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /u³⁵ niŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, Sinological-IPA], /u³⁵ niŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ nɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 毋宁 [Simplified-Chinese], 無寧 [alternative, Traditional-Chinese], 无宁 [alternative, Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: Possibly a blend of 毋如 and 寧/宁 (níng). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|毋如}} 毋如, {{zh-l|寧}} 寧/宁 (níng) Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 毋寧
  1. (literary, poetic) rather; preferably Tags: literary, poetic
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        "1": "毋如"
      },
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      "name": "zh-l"
    },
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        "1": "寧"
      },
      "expansion": "寧/宁 (níng)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a blend of 毋如 and 寧/宁 (níng).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無寧",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "无宁",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "毋寧",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              57,
              69
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Give me liberty, or give me death! (lit. \"If not free, I would rather die!\")",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Bù zìyóu, wúníng sǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "不自由,毋寧死!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              57,
              69
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Give me liberty, or give me death! (lit. \"If not free, I would rather die!\")",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Bù zìyóu, wúníng sǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "不自由,毋宁死!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rather; preferably"
      ],
      "id": "en-毋寧-zh-adv-4SrbL7A2",
      "links": [
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ],
        [
          "preferably",
          "preferably"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, poetic) rather; preferably"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúníng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-nìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuninq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "unin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "унин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ niŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúníng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúníng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-ning²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-níng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuning"
    },
    {
      "roman": "unin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "унин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ niŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh nìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ nɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "毋寧"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "毋如"
      },
      "expansion": "毋如",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "寧"
      },
      "expansion": "寧/宁 (níng)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a blend of 毋如 and 寧/宁 (níng).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "毋宁",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "無寧",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "无宁",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "毋寧",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese poetic terms",
        "Chinese redlinks/zh-l",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 寧",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 毋",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              57,
              69
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Give me liberty, or give me death! (lit. \"If not free, I would rather die!\")",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Bù zìyóu, wúníng sǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "不自由,毋寧死!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              57,
              69
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Give me liberty, or give me death! (lit. \"If not free, I would rather die!\")",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Bù zìyóu, wúníng sǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "不自由,毋宁死!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rather; preferably"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ],
        [
          "preferably",
          "preferably"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, poetic) rather; preferably"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúníng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúnìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-nìng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuninq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "unin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "унин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ niŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúníng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wúníng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wu²-ning²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wú-níng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wuning"
    },
    {
      "roman": "unin",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "унин"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ niŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mòuh nìhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mou⁴ ning⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ nɪŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "毋寧"
}

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