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不然

bù rán
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  1. 1. not so
  2. 2. no
  3. 3. or else
  4. 4. otherwise
  5. 5. if not
  6. 6. How about ...?

Example Sentences

2 shown
不然 呢！
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13111630)
快點， 不然 上學會遲到。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13498371)

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Words Containing 不然

要不然
yào bù rán

otherwise

莫不然
mò bù rán

equally true for (all the rest)

Child Words of 不然

不
bù

no; not so

然
rán

correct