"要不是" meaning in Chinese

See 要不是 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ si²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/, /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/, /iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ si²²/, /iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/ Chinese transliterations: yàobùshì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jiu³ bat¹ si⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], iàu-put-sǐ, iàu-put-sī, yàobùshì [Phonetic:yàobúshì] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yàobushì (toneless variant) [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄕˋ (toneless variant) [Mandarin, bopomofo], yàobůshìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yao⁴-pu⁵-shih⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yàu-bu-shr̀ [Mandarin, Yale], yawbushyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яобуши [Mandarin, Palladius], jaobuši [Mandarin, Palladius], yiu bāt sih [Cantonese, Yale], jiu³ bat⁷ si⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yiu³ bed¹ xi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], iàu-put-sǐ [Hokkien, POJ], iàu-put-sǐ [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iàu-put-sī [Hokkien, POJ], iàu-put-sī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iao'putsi [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} 要不是
  1. were it not for; if not for Synonyms: 若非 (ruòfēi) [literary] Related terms: 要唔係, 要唔系

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If you hadn't have taken me in, where could I have gone?",
          "ref": "要不是您收留我,我還能上哪兒去呀? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "要不是您收留我,我还能上哪儿去呀? [MSC, simp.]\nYàobùshì nín shōuliú wǒ, wǒ hái néng shàng nǎr qù ya? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "were it not for; if not for"
      ],
      "id": "en-要不是-zh-conj-pbFXe9Bx",
      "links": [
        [
          "if not for",
          "if not for"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "要唔係"
        },
        {
          "word": "要唔系"
        }
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "ruòfēi",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "若非"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàobùshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ bat¹ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàobùshì [Phonetic:yàobúshì]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàobushì (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄕˋ (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàobůshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴-pu⁵-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu-bu-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yawbushyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яобуши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaobuši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu bāt sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ bat⁷ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu³ bed¹ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iao'putsi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yàobúshì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "要不是"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "要不是",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "要唔係"
    },
    {
      "word": "要唔系"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese conjunctions",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese conjunctions",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien conjunctions",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Intermediate Mandarin",
        "Mandarin conjunctions",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If you hadn't have taken me in, where could I have gone?",
          "ref": "要不是您收留我,我還能上哪兒去呀? [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "要不是您收留我,我还能上哪儿去呀? [MSC, simp.]\nYàobùshì nín shōuliú wǒ, wǒ hái néng shàng nǎr qù ya? [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "were it not for; if not for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "if not for",
          "if not for"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàobùshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ bat¹ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàobùshì [Phonetic:yàobúshì]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàobushì (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄕˋ (toneless variant)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàobůshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴-pu⁵-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu-bu-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yawbushyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яобуши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaobuši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu bāt sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ bat⁷ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu³ bed¹ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sǐ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iàu-put-sī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iao'putsi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yàobúshì]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ si²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ruòfēi",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "若非"
    }
  ],
  "word": "要不是"
}

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