to want; to wish for; to ask for; to demand (an object, money, etc.)

Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings

if; suppose; in case; used to introduce a conditional statement, often as a shortened form of 要是 yào​shi

Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings

Used repeatedly in separate clauses to present a choice between two options, similar to "either... or..."

Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings