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要不

yào bùㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ

Sino-Vietnamese: YẾU BẤT

Traditional: 要不

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4

Meaning(conjunction)

otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...)

'Otherwise' = 要不然, 否则; 'how about' makes a gentle suggestion.

Examples

  • 快走吧，要不就迟到了。

    kuài zǒu ba, yào bú jiù chí dào le.

    Hurry up, or we'll be late.

  • 要不我们明天再去吧？

    yào bù wǒ men míng tiān zài qù ba?

    How about we go tomorrow instead?

  • 你要不先休息一下？

    nǐ yào bù xiān xiū xi yí xià?

    Why don't you take a break first?

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Stroke order

YẾU · 9 strokes

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

BẤT · 4 strokes

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

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