# 要不然 (yàobùrán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 要不然 (yàobùrán) means “otherwise; or else; how about”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: otherwise; or else; how about
- Pinyin: yàobùrán (yao4 bu4 ran2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 快点儿，要不然我们会迟到。
  Kuài diǎnr, yàobùrán wǒmen huì chídào.
  Hurry up, otherwise we will be late.

## Characters

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

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

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