# 不然 (bùrán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不然 (bùrán) means “not so; no; or else”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: not so; no; or else
- Pinyin: bùrán (bu4 ran2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 快点走吧，不然我们要迟到了。
  Kuài diǎn zǒu ba, bùrán wǒmen yào chídàole.
  Walk faster, or else we'll be late.

## Characters

- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- 然 (rán): correct; right

https://hanziro.com/word/bu-ran-not-so/

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