不
然

Not so in Chinese: 不然 (bù rán)

bù rán

not so

HSK 3.0 Level 42 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1not so
  2. 2no
  3. 3or else
  4. 4otherwise
  5. 5if not
  6. 6How about ...?

Stroke order

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不
然

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 不然这样好不好？

    bù rán zhè yàng hǎo bu hǎo？

    How about this instead?

  • 停止，不然我就开枪了。

    tíng zhǐ， bù rán wǒ jiù kāi qiāng le。

    Stop, or I'll shoot.

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Related words

不

bù

no

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

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