Read Edit View history 不然 bùrán HSK4 otherwise Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 不然 bùrán otherwise conjunction otherwise; if not; or else 穿上你的大衣，不然你会着凉的。 chuān shang nǐ de dàyī, bùrán nǐ huì zháo liáng de. Put on your overcoat, or you will catch cold. not so adverb not the case; not so; used to express that the actual situation is different from what was previously mentioned or expected 也许你认为我很特别，其实不然。 yěxǔ nǐ rènwéi wǒ hěn tèbié, qíshí bùrán. Maybe you think I'm special, but I'm not. could it be that adverb used in rhetorical questions to express doubt or suspicion; is it possible that; could it be 不然她为什么撒谎？ bùrán tā wèishénme sā huǎng? Why else would she lie? no no; used as a polite or formal way to disagree with what someone has just said had better had better; would be better to; used to suggest an alternative course of action unhappy (literary) displeased; unhappy; dissatisfied not work (literary) to not work out; to be unfeasible; to fail to progress Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 79.3 per million appears in 28% of films Written text 35.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Cross-References Synonym 否则 fǒuzéReferenced by 除非 chúfēiSame as 再不然 zàiburán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
不然 bùrán otherwise conjunction otherwise; if not; or else 穿上你的大衣，不然你会着凉的。 chuān shang nǐ de dàyī, bùrán nǐ huì zháo liáng de. Put on your overcoat, or you will catch cold. not so adverb not the case; not so; used to express that the actual situation is different from what was previously mentioned or expected 也许你认为我很特别，其实不然。 yěxǔ nǐ rènwéi wǒ hěn tèbié, qíshí bùrán. Maybe you think I'm special, but I'm not. could it be that adverb used in rhetorical questions to express doubt or suspicion; is it possible that; could it be 不然她为什么撒谎？ bùrán tā wèishénme sā huǎng? Why else would she lie? no no; used as a polite or formal way to disagree with what someone has just said had better had better; would be better to; used to suggest an alternative course of action unhappy (literary) displeased; unhappy; dissatisfied not work (literary) to not work out; to be unfeasible; to fail to progress Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 79.3 per million appears in 28% of films Written text 35.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Cross-References Synonym 否则 fǒuzéReferenced by 除非 chúfēiSame as 再不然 zàiburán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)