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要不然

yào bù rán

A2 Level 4 ★ Core word
Conjunction

要不然 (yào bù rán) is a Chinese word meaning “otherwise”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4 (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. otherwise
  2. or else
  3. or

Stroke order

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Example

快走吧，要不然就遲到了。

Let's hurry, or we'll be late.

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).