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不然 bùrán

不然 bùrán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 不然 bùrán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bùrán | bu4 ran2
English translation
not so
no
or else
otherwise
if not

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Traditional form

不然 bùrán

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí
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Etymology of 不然 bùrán

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4
rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

rán

Semantic compound

huǒ

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 不然 bùrán

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所以 suǒyǐ ya , yāo rán jiù lái zhè le .

That's just the point , otherwise I wouldn't come here.

还是 háishi 当心 dāngxīn diǎn hǎo , 不然 bùrán huì 上当 shàngdàng 受骗 shòu piàn .

You'd better watch out, or you'll be getting done in.

de 靴子 xuē zi jǐn ,不然 bùrán 鞋带 xié dài huì 松开 sōng kāi .

Lace your boots firmly or the lace will come undone.

要不然 yào bù rán 他们 tā men huì Jiā 一些 yī xiē 辣根 là gēn 调料 tiáoliào .

Or they use a horseradish.

我们 wǒmen zuì hǎo zài 暴风雨 bào fēng yǔ 来临 lái lín 之前 zhī qián 离开 líkāi 湖面, 不然 bùrán 我们 wǒmen jiù yāo lín 得湿 tòu le .

We'd better get off the lake before the storm breaks, or we'll get soaked.

不然 bùrán Decomposition

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不然 bùrán Compounds

See all 60 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 不然 bùrán in their composition.

    • fǒu
      • , , , , , ,
      • pēi , pēi , , , , pēi , , , piě , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Huán , huài , bēi , 怀 Huái , Huán , wāi , nāo , béng , , , , piān , pēi , póu , fóu , , , , , biáo , , bēi , , , , , ,
  • rán
    • rán , niǎn , rán , , ,
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