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"english": "I think it's best I leave.",
"ref": "要不我，我還是先回去吧。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "要不我，我还是先回去吧。 [MSC, simp.]\nYàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba. [Pinyin]",
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}
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},
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ"
},
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"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "jiu³ bat¹"
},
{
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"Meixian"
],
"zh-pron": "yau⁴ bud⁵"
},
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"toneless-final-syllable-variant"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ"
},
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yàobů"
},
{
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"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yao⁴-pu⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh-pron": "yàu-bu"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yawbu"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "яобу"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "jaobu"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/ ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": " /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yiu bāt"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu³ bat⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yiu³ bed¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹/"
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"roman": "bùrán",
"word": "不然"
},
{
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"Pinghua",
"Southern"
],
"word": "冇是"
},
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"word": "再不"
},
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"roman": "zàibùrán",
"word": "再不然"
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"Wu"
],
"word": "勿然 (5veq-zoe)"
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"word": "否则"
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"roman": "m4 hai6",
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{
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],
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],
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},
{
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],
"word": "抑無"
},
{
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"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "抑无"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "欲無"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "欲无"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Teochew"
],
"word": "若唔係"
},
{
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"roman": "yàobùrán",
"word": "要不然"
},
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"word": "一係"
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},
{
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"roman": "huòshì",
"word": "或是"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "huòzhě",
"word": "或者"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "yàome",
"word": "要麼"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"roman": "yàome",
"word": "要么"
}
],
"word": "要不"
}
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"ref": "要不我，我還是先回去吧。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "要不我，我还是先回去吧。 [MSC, simp.]\nYàobù wǒ, wǒ háishì xiān huíqù ba. [Pinyin]",
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"zh-pron": "yàobù"
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"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ"
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"zh-pron": "jiu³ bat¹"
},
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"zh-pron": "yau⁴ bud⁵"
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"zh-pron": "yàobù"
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},
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"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yàobů"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yao⁴-pu⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yàu-bu"
},
{
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "yawbu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "яобу"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
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"zh-pron": "jaobu"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/ ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
"ipa": " /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
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{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "yiu bāt"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu³ bat⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yiu³ bed¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹/"
}
],
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"roman": "bùrán",
"word": "不然"
},
{
"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": "yàobùrán",
"word": "要不然"
},
{
"word": "一係"
},
{
"word": "一系"
},
{
"roman": "huòshì",
"word": "或是"
},
{
"roman": "huòzhě",
"word": "或者"
},
{
"roman": "yàome",
"word": "要麼"
},
{
"roman": "yàome",
"word": "要么"
}
],
"word": "要不"
}
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