要不

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàobù

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàobù → yàobu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàobů
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-pu⁵
  - Yale: yàu-bu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawbu
  - Palladius: яобу (jaobu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/ → /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹
  - Yale: yiu bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ bed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵/

Conjunction

要不

otherwise; or else; or
either ... or ...; or
(colloquial) how about (you and I, we); shall (you and I, we); let 's
要不我，我還是先回去吧。 [MSC, trad.]
要不我，我还是先回去吧。 [MSC, simp.]
Yàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba. [Pinyin]
I think it's best I leave.

Synonyms

(or else):

Synonyms of 要不

不然 (bùrán)
冇是 (Pinghua)
再不 (zàibù) (colloquial)
再不然 (zàibùrán)
勿然 (Wu)
如咪 (Hong Kong Cantonese)

要不然 (yàobùrán)
否則／否则 (fǒuzé)
唔係／唔系 (Cantonese)
唔係嘅話／唔系嘅话 (Cantonese)
若唔係／若唔系 (Teochew)
若無／若无 (Min Nan)

(either... or...):

或是 (huòshì)
一係／一系

要麼／要么 (yàome)

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