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不然 bùrán — 如果不是这样

bùrán (fourth tone, falling)bu4ran2

如果不是这样

HSK 5· HSK 1–6(旧版)四级· 2021 年“三等九级”国际中文水平标准conjunction
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义项

  1. 如果不是这样

    Introduces what happens if the advice just given is ignored, so it nearly always follows an instruction: 快走吧,不然要迟到了. It looks backward at a condition, which is why it cannot open a sentence the way "otherwise" can in English.

    conjunction

字形拆解

  • 不
    bù (fourth tone, falling)

    not, no — the general negative, placed before verbs and adjectives

例句

  • 快走吧,不然要迟到了。快走吧,不然要遲到了。Kuài (fourth tone, falling) zǒu (third tone, dipping) ba, (neutral tone) bùrán (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling) chídào (second tone, rising) le. (neutral tone)···

    Let’s go quickly, or we shall be late.

  • 多穿一件,不然会感冒。多穿一件,不然會感冒。Duō (first tone, high and level) chuān (first tone, high and level) yí (second tone, rising) jiàn, (fourth tone, falling) bùrán (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling) gǎnmào. (third tone, dipping)···

    Put on another layer, or you will catch cold.