毋寧

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

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• 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

1. (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!")