要
不
然

Otherwise in Chinese: 要不然 (yào bù rán)

yào bù rán

otherwise

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1otherwise
  2. 2or else
  3. 3or

Stroke order

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要
不
然

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 你快点走，要不然会迟到。

    nǐ kuài diǎn zǒu， yào bù rán huì chí dào。

    Hurry up, otherwise you'll be late.

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Related words

不

bù

no

要

yào

to want

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

需要

xū yào

to need

要求

yāo qiú

to request

重要

zhòng yào

important

主要

zhǔ yào

main

不但

bù dàn

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

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

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