毋寧

毋宁
wúnìng
  1. not as good as
  2. would rather

CEDICT

  1. (literary, poetic) rather; preferably
  2. rather; preferably

Wiktionary

寧可

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 毋 wú
  1. (literary) no
  2. don't
  3. to not have
  4. nobody
2 寧 nìng
  1. would rather
  2. to prefer
  3. how (emphatic)
  4. Taiwan pr. níng

Containing this entry

不自由，毋寧死 bùzìyóu,wúnìngsǐ give me liberty or give me death
不自由毋寧死 búzìyóuwúnìngsǐ
鄉毋寧 xiāngwúníng

Related entries

不若 bùruò
  1. not as good as
  2. not equal to
  3. inferior
不及 bùjí
  1. to fall short of
  2. not as good as
  3. too late
我等不及要去度假。

I can't wait to go on a vacation.

Source: Tatoeba

寧 nìng
  1. would rather
  2. to prefer
  3. how (emphatic)
  4. Taiwan pr. níng
我寧死不降。

I would rather die than surrender.

Source: Tatoeba

寧肯 nìngkěn
  1. would rather...
  2. it would be better...
  3. would prefer
与其知道你要走，我宁肯你没有回来过。

I would rather that you never returned than know that you wanted to leave.

Source: Tatoeba

寧願 nìngyuàn would rather ... (than ...)
我寧願分開。

I would rather be apart.

Source: Tatoeba

情願 qíngyuàn
  1. willingness
  2. would rather (agree to X than Y)
寧可 nìngkě
  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
我寧可死也不屈服。

I would rather die than yield.

Source: Tatoeba