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All HSK 3.0 Level 6 words

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

  1. otherwise
  2. or else
  3. how about

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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.

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