要不是

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	not; no	be; yes; this
trad. (要不是)		要	不	是
simp. #(要不是)		要	不	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàobùshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ bat¹ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-put-sǐ / iàu-put-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàobùshì [Phonetic: yàobúshì] → yàobushì (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ → ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄕˋ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàobůshìh
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-pu⁵-shih⁴
    • Yale: yàu-bu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawbushyh
    • Palladius: яобуши (jaobuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ bat¹ si⁶
    • Yale: yiu bāt sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ bat⁷ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ bed¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-put-sǐ
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-put-sǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-put-sī
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-put-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'putsi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ si²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/

Conjunction

要不是

1. were it not for; if not for

   要不是您收留我，我還能上哪兒去呀？ [MSC, trad.]
   要不是您收留我，我还能上哪儿去呀？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yàobùshì nín shōuliú wǒ, wǒ hái néng shàng nǎr qù ya? [Pinyin]

   If you hadn't have taken me in, where could I have gone?

Synonyms

• (literary) 若非 (ruòfēi)

See also

• 要唔係／要唔系