# 要不 (yàobù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 要不 (yàobù) means “(conjunction) otherwise; or else”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (conjunction) otherwise; or else
- Pinyin: yàobù (yao4 bu4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 快点出发吧，要不我们就赶不上末班车了。
  Kuài diǎn chūfā ba, yàobù wǒmen jiù gǎnbushàng mòbānchē le.
  Hurry up and leave, otherwise we'll miss the last bus.

## Characters

- [要](https://hanziro.com/word/yao-want/) (yào): to want; will
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no

https://hanziro.com/word/yao-bu-otherwise/

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