肯 (kěn) means Willing. Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
老师 肯 定了我的想法。
Lǎoshī kěndìng le wǒ de xiǎngfǎ.
The teacher endorsed my idea.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 肯定
他不 肯 透露任何细节。
Tā bù kěn tòulù rènhé xìjié.
He would not reveal any details.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 透露
只有 肯 钻研才能有突破。
Zhǐyǒu kěn zuānyán cái néng yǒu tūpò.
Only by digging deep can one achieve a breakthrough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻研
他不 肯 说出这笔钱的来历。
Tā bù kěn shuōchū zhè bǐ qián de láilì.
He would not say where this money came from.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 来历
我宁 肯 走路，也不愿意挤地铁。
Wǒ nìngkěn zǒulù, yě bú yuànyì jǐ dìtiě.
I would rather walk than squeeze onto the underground.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宁肯
他说话闪烁其词，不 肯 说实话。
Tā shuōhuà shǎnshuò qí cí, bù kěn shuō shíhuà.
He spoke evasively and would not tell the truth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 闪烁
最大的悲哀是明知错了却不 肯 改。
Zuì dà de bēi'āi shì míng zhī cuò le què bù kěn gǎi.
The greatest sorrow is knowing you are wrong and still refusing to change.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悲哀
无知并不可怕，可怕的是不 肯 学。
Wúzhī bìng bù kěpà, kěpà de shì bù kěn xué.
Ignorance is not the frightening thing; refusing to learn is.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无知
他宁 肯 自己吃亏，也不让朋友为难。
Tā nìngkěn zìjǐ chīkuī, yě bú ràng péngyou wéinán.
He would rather lose out himself than put a friend in a difficult spot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宁肯
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From the graded readers
走出大楼的时候，我以为自己 肯 定没有机会了。
zǒu chū dà lóu de / dì shíhou, wǒ yǐwéi zìjǐ kěndìng méiyǒu jīhuì le / liǎo / liào.
Walking out of the building, I was sure I'd blown it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
Words that contain 肯
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 肯
How is 肯 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 肯 (kěn, "Willing"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 肯 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 肯 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 肯?
The dictionary page for 肯 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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