不然 - Mandarin word #768

不然

bùrán

Traditional: 不然

HSK 3

#768 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

otherwise, or else, if not so

Stroke order

不

然

，迟chí。

Hurry up, or else we will be late.

，败bài。

You must work hard, otherwise you will fail.

，。

Close the door, or else it will be cold.

，迟chí。

Walk faster, otherwise we will be late.

，迟chí。

Walk faster, otherwise we'll be late.

不然 (bù rán) means otherwise, or else, if not so. It is used as a conjunction in everyday Mandarin speech.

除非

unless, only if

否则

otherwise, or else, if not

既然

since, as, given that

若

if, weak, young (literary)

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 16.