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Definition 2024

要不是

要不是

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	not; no; (negative prefix)	is; are; am is; are; am; yes; to be
simp. and trad. (要不是)		要	不	是

Conjunction

要不是

were it not for; if it weren't for

Synonyms

若非 (ruòfēi)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yàobùshì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ bat¹ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): iàu-put-sǐ / iàu-put-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàobùshì [Phonetic: yàobúshì] → yàobushì (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ → ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨ˙ ㄕˋ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawbushyh
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹ si⁶
  - Yale: yiu bāt sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷ si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-put-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-put-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕi²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-put-sī
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-put-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'putsi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ ɕi²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ ɕi²²/