毋寧

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Chinese

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

Etymology

Possibly a blend of 毋如 and 寧／宁 (níng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúnìng, wúníng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúnìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnìng
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-ning⁴
  - 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: wu²-ning²
  - Yale: wú-níng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuning
  - Palladius: унин (unin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ ning⁴
  - Yale: mòuh nìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ning⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ning⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ nɪŋ²¹/

Adverb

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!
Give me liberty, or give me death! (lit. "If not free, I would rather die!")

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