不然
bùrán
conjunctionHSK 4
“Not so” in Chinese is 不然 (bùrán).
Meaning
- not so
- no
- or else
Show 3 more meanings
- otherwise
- if not
- How about ...?
Example
慢慢来，不然你可能会出错的。
Take your time, or you may make some mistakes.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
Characters
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