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要不

要不

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	not; no; (negative prefix)
simp. and trad. (要不)		要	不
anagram		不要

Conjunction

要不

or else, as an alternative...

Synonyms

要不然

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yàobù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ bat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàobù → yàobu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawbu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/ → /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹
  - Yale: yiu bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵/