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不然
bùrán
1. not so
2. no
3. or else
4. otherwise
5. if not
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown

不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1 4 丶
然
rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
HSK 2 12 丶

Compound Words (2)

莫不然
mòbùrán
equally true for (all the rest)
要不然
yàobùrán
otherwise

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
1,149 of 84,292