Read Edit View history 要不 yàobù HSK7 how about Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 要不 yàobù how about adverb Used to make a suggestion or proposal, meaning how about or what if. 要不我们先喝一杯吧？ yàobù wǒmen xiān hē yī bēi ba? How about we have a drink first? otherwise Used at the start of a clause to mean otherwise or or else; shows what would happen if the previous statement were not true. or Used to present a choice between two or more alternatives, meaning either... or...; sometimes used twice in a sentence to list the options. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 9.81 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 53.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 要不然 yàobùrán要么 yàome Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
要不 yàobù how about adverb Used to make a suggestion or proposal, meaning how about or what if. 要不我们先喝一杯吧？ yàobù wǒmen xiān hē yī bēi ba? How about we have a drink first? otherwise Used at the start of a clause to mean otherwise or or else; shows what would happen if the previous statement were not true. or Used to present a choice between two or more alternatives, meaning either... or...; sometimes used twice in a sentence to list the options. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 9.81 per million appears in 4% of films Written text 53.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Cross-References Same as 要不然 yàobùrán要么 yàome Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)