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毋寧

毋寧

Chinese

		no; not	peaceful; rather; Ningxia (abbrev.)
trad. (毋寧)		毋	寧
simp. (毋宁)		毋	宁
alt. forms		無寧／无宁

Adverb

毋寧

would rather; better; rather than

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wúnìng, wúníng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ, ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ning⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúnìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuninq
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ niŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúníng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuning
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ ning⁴
  - Yale: mòuh nìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ning⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ nɪŋ²¹/