要不然 yàobùrán HSK6 otherwise Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents yàobùrán otherwise 要 yào conjunctionauxiliary if if; suppose; in case; used to introduce a conditional statement, often as a shortened form of 要是 yàoshi不然 bùrán conjunction otherwise otherwise; if not; or elseyàobùrán either... or... 要 yào verbconjunction either... or... Used repeatedly in separate clauses to present a choice between two options, similar to "either... or..."不然 bùrán conjunction otherwise otherwise; if not; or else
