要不然

Chinese[edit]

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	otherwise; or; not the case otherwise; or; not the case; not so
trad. (要不然)		要	不然
simp. ^#(要不然)		要	不然

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàobùrán → yàoburán (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨㄖㄢˊ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàobůrán
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-pu⁵-jan²
  - Yale: yàu-bu-rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawburan
  - Palladius: яобужань (jaobužanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/ → /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: yiu bāt yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ bed¹ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yau⁴ bud⁵ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /iau⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ ian¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-put-liân
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-put-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'putlieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-put-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-put-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'putjieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛn¹³/

要不然