| Hanzi | 不然 |
|---|---|
| Pinyin | bù rán |
| Dict | not so |
| Components | 不 (bù) (negative prefix) 丆 [一 (one) + 丿 (Schrägstrich)] 卜 (bo) fortune telling 然 (rán) yes, certainly |
| example Sentences | 把门关上，不然亮光能使底片发灰。 bǎmén guānshàng bùrán liàngguāng néng shǐ dǐpiàn fā huī Shut the door or the light will fog the film. 除非有钱，要不然我是不会买房子的。 chúfēi yǒuqián yàobùrán wǒ shì bùhuì mǎi fángzi de Unless (being) rich, I am not going to buy a house. 要不然他还会在教书，因为他的心仍然在课堂上和他的学生们在一起。 yàobùrán tā hái huì zài jiāoshū yīnwèi tā de xīn réngrán zài kètáng shàng hé tā de xuésheng men zàiyīqǐ Otherwise he would still be teaching, because his heart and soul were still in the classroom with his students. |
| K5-Rank | 1840 |
| Strokes | 16 |
| HSK | 5 |
Tags: 中文-hsk::5
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