宁可 → ☊ ning4ke3 
preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils ☊ 
Chứ không phải ☊ 宁可 ☊ → 宁愿 ☊ → ☊ → 
prefer 宁可 ☊ → 宁愿 ☊ → 相当 ☊ → rather