要不

Chinese[edit]

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàobù → yàobu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - 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/
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/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yau⁴ bud⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /iau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹/

要不

otherwise; or else; or
either ... or ...; or
(colloquial) how about (you and I, we); shall (you and I, we); let 's
要不我，我還是先回去吧。 [MSC, trad.]
要不我，我还是先回去吧。 [MSC, simp.]
Yàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba. [Pinyin]
I think it's best I leave.