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Chinese
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not; no
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so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right |
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不
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然
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不
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然
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Pronunciation
Conjunction
不然
- otherwise; or
得虧我來得早，不然又趕不上了。 [MSC, trad.]
得亏我来得早，不然又赶不上了。 [MSC, simp.]- Děikuī wǒ lái de zǎo, bùrán yòu gǎn bu shàng le.
- Fortunately I came early or I wouldn't have been able to catch up.
Synonyms
- 冇是 (Southern Pinghua)
- 再不 (zàibù) (colloquial)
- 再不然 (zàibùrán)
- 勿然 (8veq-zoe) (Wu)
- 否則／否则 (fǒuzé)
- 唔係／唔系 (m4 hai6) (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 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 要不 (yàobù)
- 要不然 (yàobùrán)
Adjective
不然
- (formal) not the case; not so
Derived terms