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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
simp. and trad. (要不然)		要	不然

Conjunction

要不然

otherwise; or else

Synonyms

否則／否则 (fǒuzé)
要不 (yàobù)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yàobùrán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ bat¹ jin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): iàu-put-liân / iàu-put-jiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàobùrán → yàoburán (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ → ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄖㄢˊ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawburan
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐa̠n³⁵/ → /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʐa̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: yiu bāt yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷ jin⁴
  - 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/