"不然" meaning in Chinese

See 不然 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚² i̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /put̚¹ ian¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/, /put̚² i̯en¹¹/, /put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/, /put̚¹ ian¹¹/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/ Chinese transliterations: bùrán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ jin⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-yèn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], put-yàn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], bud⁵ yan² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], put-liân, put-jiân, bùrán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùrán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-jan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-rán [Mandarin, Yale], buran [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бужань [Mandarin, Palladius], bužanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt yìhn [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ jin⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ yin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-yèn [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], bud` ienˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], bud⁵ yan² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], put-yàn [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], bud` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], ianˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], bud⁵ yan² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], put-liân [Hokkien, POJ], put-liân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putlieen [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], put-jiân [Hokkien, POJ], put-jiân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putjieen [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 不然
  1. (formal) not the case; not so Tags: formal Derived forms: 便不然, 再不然 (zàibùrán), 大謬不然 (dàmiùbùrán), 大谬不然 (dàmiùbùrán), 要不然 (yàobùrán)
    Sense id: en-不然-zh-adj-zzKCsL6a Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 85 15

Conjunction

IPA: /pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /put̚² i̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /put̚¹ ian¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/, /pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/, /put̚² i̯en¹¹/, /put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/, /put̚¹ ian¹¹/, /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/, /put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/, /put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/ Chinese transliterations: bùrán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ jin⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], put-yèn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], put-yàn [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], bud⁵ yan² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], put-liân, put-jiân, bùrán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùrán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-jan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-rán [Mandarin, Yale], buran [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бужань [Mandarin, Palladius], bužanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt yìhn [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ jin⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ yin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], put-yèn [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], bud` ienˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], bud⁵ yan² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], put-yàn [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], bud` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], ianˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], bud⁵ yan² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], put-liân [Hokkien, POJ], put-liân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putlieen [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], put-jiân [Hokkien, POJ], put-jiân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], putjieen [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} 不然
  1. otherwise; or
    Sense id: en-不然-zh-conj-whgkWDE0 Synonyms: 冇是 [Pinghua, Southern], 再不 (zàibù) [colloquial], 再不然 (zàibùrán), 勿然 (5veq-zoe) [Wu], 否則 (fǒuzé), 否则 (fǒuzé), 唔係 (m4 hai6) [Cantonese], 唔系 (m4 hai6) [Cantonese], 唔係嘅話 [Cantonese], 唔系嘅话 [Cantonese], 如咪 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 抑無 [Hokkien], 抑无 [Hokkien], 欲無 [Hokkien], 欲无 [Hokkien], 若唔係 [Teochew], 若唔系 [Teochew], 若無 [Hokkien], 若无 [Hokkien], 要不 (yàobù), 要不然 (yàobùrán)

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          "english": "Fortunately I came early or I wouldn't have been able to catch up.",
          "ref": "得虧我來得早,不然又趕不上了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "得亏我来得早,不然又赶不上了。 [MSC, simp.]\nDěikuī wǒ lái de zǎo, bùrán yòu gǎn bu shàng le. [Pinyin]",
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          "word": "再不"
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          "word": "若唔係"
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        {
          "roman": "yàobù",
          "word": "要不"
        },
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ"
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        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jin⁴"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "put-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-jan²"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-rán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "buran"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "бужань"
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    {
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "bužanʹ"
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        "Yale"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
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    },
    {
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        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
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    },
    {
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        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yàn"
    },
    {
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        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud`"
    },
    {
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        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
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      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ ian¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putlieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ ian¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不然"
}

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          "word": "便不然"
        },
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          "roman": "zàibùrán",
          "word": "再不然"
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          "roman": "dàmiùbùrán",
          "word": "大謬不然"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dàmiùbùrán",
          "word": "大谬不然"
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          "roman": "yàobùrán",
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        "Mandarin",
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-jan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-rán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buran"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бужань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bužanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud` ienˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ianˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ ian¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putlieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ ian¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不然"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese conjunctions",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Elementary Mandarin"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "不然",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Fortunately I came early or I wouldn't have been able to catch up.",
          "ref": "得虧我來得早,不然又趕不上了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "得亏我来得早,不然又赶不上了。 [MSC, simp.]\nDěikuī wǒ lái de zǎo, bùrán yòu gǎn bu shàng le. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "otherwise; or"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "otherwise",
          "otherwise"
        ],
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-jan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-rán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buran"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бужань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bužanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud` ienˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ianˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ ian¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putlieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ ian¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Pinghua",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "word": "冇是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zàibù",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "再不"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zàibùrán",
      "word": "再不然"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "勿然 (5veq-zoe)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fǒuzé",
      "word": "否則"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fǒuzé",
      "word": "否则"
    },
    {
      "roman": "m4 hai6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔係"
    },
    {
      "roman": "m4 hai6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔系"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔係嘅話"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "唔系嘅话"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "如咪"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "抑無"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "抑无"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "欲無"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "欲无"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "若唔係"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "若唔系"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "若無"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "若无"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàobù",
      "word": "要不"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàobùrán",
      "word": "要不然"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不然"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese conjunctions",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Elementary Mandarin"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "便不然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zàibùrán",
      "word": "再不然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàmiùbùrán",
      "word": "大謬不然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàmiùbùrán",
      "word": "大谬不然"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàobùrán",
      "word": "要不然"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "不然",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese formal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not the case; not so"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) not the case; not so"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùrán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-jan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-rán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "buran"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бужань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bužanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud` ienˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ianˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bud⁵ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ ian¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putlieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "put-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "putjieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² i̯en¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚² (j)i̯an¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚¹ ian¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/put̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛn²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不然"
}

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