毋寧
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Chinese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Adverb
Chinese
[
edit
]
no; not
peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad.
(
毋寧
)
毋
寧
simp.
(
毋宁
)
毋
宁
alternative forms
無寧
/
无宁
Etymology
[
edit
]
Possibly a blend of
毋如
and
寧
/
宁
(
níng
).
Pronunciation
[
edit
]
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
wúnìng
,
wúníng
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ, ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
mou
4
ning
4
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Mainland
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
wúnìng
Zhuyin
:
ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
wúnìng
Wade–Giles
:
wu
2
-ning
4
Yale
:
wú-nìng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
wuninq
Palladius
:
унин
(unin)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/u³⁵ niŋ⁵¹/
(
Standard Chinese
,
Taiwan
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
wúníng
Zhuyin
:
ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
wúníng
Wade–Giles
:
wu
2
-ning
2
Yale
:
wú-níng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
wuning
Palladius
:
унин
(unin)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/u³⁵ niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
mou
4
ning
4
Yale
:
mòuh nìhng
Cantonese Pinyin
:
mou
4
ning
4
Guangdong Romanization
:
mou
4
ning
4
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/mou̯
²¹
nɪŋ
²¹
/
Adverb
[
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]
毋寧
(
literary
,
poetic
)
rather
;
preferably
不
自由
,
毋寧
死
!
[
MSC
,
trad.
]
不
自由
,
毋宁
死
!
[
MSC
,
simp.
]
Bù zìyóu,
wúníng
sǐ!
[Pinyin]
Give me liberty, or give me death! (lit. "If not free, I
would rather
die!")
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