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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Conjunction
1.2.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
otherwise
;
or
;
not
the
case
otherwise
;
or
;
not
the
case
; not
so
trad.
(
要不然
)
要
不然
simp.
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(
要不然
)
要
不然
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
yàobùrán
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
jiu
3
bat
1
jin
4
Hakka
(
Meixian
,
Guangdong
)
:
yau
4
bud
5
yan
2
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
iàu-put-liân
/
iàu-put-jiân
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
yàobùrán
→ yào
bu
rán
(toneless variant)
Zhuyin
:
ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄖㄢˊ
(toneless variant)
Tongyong Pinyin
:
yàobůrán
Wade–Giles
:
yao
4
-pu
5
-jan
2
Yale
:
yàu-bu-rán
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
yawburan
Palladius
:
яобужань
(jaobužanʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/ → /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
jiu
3
bat
1
jin
4
Yale
:
yiu b
ā
t yìhn
Cantonese Pinyin
:
jiu
3
bat
7
jin
4
Guangdong Romanization
:
yiu
3
bed
1
yin
4
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ jiːn
²¹
/
Hakka
(
Meixian
)
Guangdong
:
yau
4
bud
5
yan
2
Sinological
IPA
:
/iau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ ian¹¹/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
:
Quanzhou
,
Xiamen
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
iàu-put-liân
Tâi-lô
:
iàu-put-liân
Phofsit Daibuun
:
iao'putlieen
IPA
(
Quanzhou
)
:
/iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
IPA
(
Xiamen
)
:
/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/
(
Hokkien
:
Zhangzhou
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
iàu-put-jiân
Tâi-lô
:
iàu-put-jiân
Phofsit Daibuun
:
iao'putjieen
IPA
(
Zhangzhou
)
:
/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/
Conjunction
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要不然
otherwise
;
or else
Synonyms
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不然
(
bùrán
)
冇是
(
Southern Pinghua
)
再不
(
zàibù
)
(
colloquial
)
再不然
(
zàibùrán
)
勿然
(
8
veq-zoe
)
(
Wu
)
否則
/
否则
(
fǒuzé
)
唔係
/
唔系
(
m
4
hai
6
)
(
Cantonese
)
唔係嘅話
/
唔系嘅话
(
Cantonese
)
如咪
(
Hong Kong Cantonese
)
抑無
/
抑无
(
Hokkien
)
欲無
/
欲无
(
Hokkien
)
若唔係
/
若唔系
(
Teochew
)
若無
/
若无
(
Hokkien
)
要不
(
yàobù
)