- 要 conjunctionauxiliaryifif; suppose; in case; used to introduce a conditional statement, often as a shortened form of 要是
- 不 adverbnotNegative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
- 是 verbto beto be; to correspond to; connects a subject to its identification, characterization, or identity