不然

Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
不然

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pu˥˩ʐan˧˥ ]

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Conjunction

不然 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bùrán)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) otherwise

Verb

不然 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bùrán)

1. (literary) that is not the case

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
• "不然" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2010-12-23.
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778: