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[edit]important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce |
not; no | ||
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trad. (要不) | 要 | 不 | |
simp. #(要不) | 要 | 不 | |
anagram | 不要 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: yàobů
- Wade–Giles: yao4-pu5
- Yale: yàu-bu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawbu
- Palladius: яобу (jaobu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/ → /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jiu3 bat1
- Yale: yiu bāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu3 bat7
- Guangdong Romanization: yiu3 bed1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
Conjunction
[edit]要不
- otherwise; or else; or
- either ... or ...; or
- (colloquial) how about (you and I, we); shall (you and I, we); let's
Synonyms
[edit]- (or else):
- (either... or...):
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