否則

See also: 否则

Chinese

		clogged; evil; to negate clogged; evil; to negate; to deny; not	(expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm (expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm; rule; to imitate; to follow; then; principle
trad. (否則)		否	則
simp. (否则)		否	则

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǒuzé

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄡˇ ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fau² zak¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): feu² dak²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hió-chak / hóⁿ-chek / hó͘-chek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hou² zêg⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵feu-tseq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǒuzé
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄡˇ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǒuzé
    • Wade–Giles: fou³-tsê²
    • Yale: fǒu-dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fooutzer
    • Palladius: фоуцзэ (fouczɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau² zak¹
    • Yale: fáu jāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau² dzak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo² zeg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɐk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: feu² dak²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feu⁵⁵ tak̚⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hió-chak
    • Tâi-lô: hió-tsak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioyzag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóⁿ-chek
    • Tâi-lô: hónn-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvofzeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-chek
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofzeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hou² zêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóu tsek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵feu-tseq
    • MiniDict: feu^去 tseh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²feu-tseq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fɤ³³ t͡səʔ⁴⁴/

Conjunction

否則

1. otherwise; or else

   趕快停止你的動作，否則我們要開槍了！ [MSC, trad.]
   赶快停止你的动作，否则我们要开枪了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Gǎnkuài tíngzhǐ nǐ de dòngzuò, fǒuzé wǒmen yào kāiqiāng le! [Pinyin]

   Stop what you are doing or we'll open fire!

Synonyms

• 不然 (bùrán)
• 冇是 (Southern Pinghua)
• 再不 (zàibù) (colloquial)
• 再不然 (zàibùrán)
• 勿然 (⁸veq-zoe) (Wu)
• 唔係／唔系 (m⁴ hai⁶) (Cantonese)
• 唔係嘅話／唔系嘅话 (Cantonese)
• 如咪 (Hong Kong Cantonese)
• 抑無／抑无 (Hokkien)
• 欲無／欲无 (Hokkien)
• 若唔係／若唔系 (Teochew)
• 若無／若无 (Hokkien)
• 要不 (yàobù)
• 要不然 (yàobùrán)