要不

要不

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	not; no
simp. and trad. (要不)		要	不
anagram		不要

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàobù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàobù → yàobu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawbu
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/ → /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹
    • Yale: yiu bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ bed¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵/

Conjunction

要不

1. otherwise; or else; or
2. either ... or ...; or
3. (colloquial) how about (you and I, we); shall (you and I, we); let's

Synonyms

• (or else):

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不然 (bùrán) 再不 (zàibù) (colloquial) 再不然 (zàibùrán) 否則／否则 (fǒuzé)

唔係／唔系 (Cantonese) 唔係嘅話／唔系嘅话 (Cantonese) 若無／若无 (Min Nan) 要不然 (yàobùrán)

• (either... or...): 要麼／要么 (yàome)