要不

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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
    要不我，我還是先回去吧。 [MSC, trad.]
    要不我，我还是先回去吧。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba.
    I think it's best I leave.

Synonyms

  • (or else):
  • (either... or...):
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