要不

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàobù

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - 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
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ bed¹
  - 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

Synonyms

(or else):

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

唔係／唔系 (Cantonese)
唔係嘅話／唔系嘅话 (Cantonese)
若無／若无 (Min Nan)
要不然 (yàobùrán)

(either... or...): 要麼／要么 (yàome)

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