我寧願走路，也不要待在公車上。

I'd rather walk than stay on the bus.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 寧願 nìngyuàn would rather ... (than ...)
3 走路 zǒulù
  1. to walk; to go on foot
  2. to leave; to depart
  3. (informal) to clear off; to beat it
  4. (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
4 也不 yěbù
  1. neither
  2. nor
=5 要 yāo (bound form) to demand; to coerce
=5 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important
=5 要 yǎo
  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  3. used in 要褭／要袅
=6 待 dāi to stay; to remain
=6 待 dài
  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to
7 在 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
8 公車 gōngchē
  1. bus
  2. abbr. for 公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē
  3. car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)
  4. abbr. for 公务用车 gōngwùyòngchē
=9 上 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=9 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above