不然

Chinese

		not; no	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
simp. and trad. (不然)		不	然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùrán

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-yèn / put-yàn
Min Nan (POJ): put-liân / put-jiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buran
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: bāt yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud` ienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ yan²
  - IPA: /put̚² i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud` (r)ianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ yan²
  - IPA: /put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-liân
  - Tâi-lô: put-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putlieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: put-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putjieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ ʑiɛn²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/

Conjunction

不然

otherwise; or

Synonyms

再不 (zàibù) (colloquial)
再不然 (zàibùrán)
否則／否则 (fǒuzé)

若無／若无 (Min Nan)
要不 (yàobù)
要不然 (yàobùrán)

Verb

不然

(literary) to be not the case; to be not so

Derived terms

便不然
再不然 (zàibùrán)

大謬不然／大谬不然 (dàmiùbùrán)
要不然 (yàobùrán)

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