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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 要不

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
要不 yào bù - otherwise
- or else
- how about...?
- either... (or...)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 7 5,393 2,374 843

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
要 yāo- (bound form) to demand; to coerce
要 yào- to want; to need; to ask for
- will; shall; about to
- need to; should
- if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
- (bound form) important
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-

Other Words Containing 要不

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
要不然 6 6 4,448 11,288 7,355
要不 5 7 5,393 2,374 843
要不是 - 9 20,141 9,015 6,502
要不得 - - 49,052 37,061 20,306