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要不

yàobù
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9HSK 2.0 · Level 5

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

  1. (conjunction) otherwise
  2. or else

Stroke order

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
yào
to want; will
Words with 要
要重要不要就要快要要求只要主要
不
bù
not; no
Words with 不
不不大不对不用不客气对不起是不是不错