要不然

要不然

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	otherwise; or; to be not the case otherwise; or; to be not the case; to be not so
simp. and trad. (要不然)		要	不然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàobùrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ bat¹ jin⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): iàu-put-liân / iàu-put-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàobùrán → yàoburán (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄖㄢˊ (toneless variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawburan
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/ → /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: yiu bāt yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ bed¹ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-put-liân
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-put-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'putlieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-put-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-put-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'putjieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/

Conjunction

要不然

1. otherwise; or else

Synonyms

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不然 (bùrán) 再不 (zàibù) (colloquial) 再不然 (zàibùrán)

否則／否则 (fǒuzé) 若無／若无 (Min Nan) 要不 (yàobù)