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要不

yào bù

HSK 5 2-character word

What 要不 means

1. otherwise
2. or else
3. how about...?
4. either... (or...)

The characters in 要不

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-

Example sentences

• 他要不行了。
  He's on his last legs.

Words starting with 要不

• 要不然yào bù ránotherwise; or else; or
• 要不是yào bu shìif it were not for; but for
• 要不得yào bu deintolerable; unacceptable