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要不是

要不是 (yào bú shì): If it were not for (Conjunction) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

要不是 consists of 3 characters.

want; be going to; ask for; demand

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Pinyinyào bú shì

Meaningif it were not for

Characters3

HSK3.0 Level 5

SyntaxConjunction

Word要不是

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 要不是.

Words with 要

不要bù yàoHSK 1
快要kuài yàoHSK 2
主要zhǔ yàoHSK 3
要求yāo qiúHSK 3
重要zhòng yàoHSK 3
需要xū yàoHSK 3
只要zhǐ yàoHSK 4
将要jiāng yàoHSK 4

Words with 不

不要bù yàoHSK 1
不客气bú kè qiHSK 1
对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
不错bù cuòHSK 2
不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2
不久bù jiǔHSK 3
不但bù dànHSK 3
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Words with 是

但是dàn shìHSK 2
只是zhǐ shìHSK 3
总是zǒng shìHSK 3
还是hái shìHSK 3
于是yú shìHSK 4
可是kě shìHSK 4
就是jiù shìHSK 4
是否

bù tóng

HSK 3

shì fǒu

HSK 4

3.

Example Sentences with 要不是

yào要

bu不

shì是

nǐ你

tí提

xǐng醒

wǒ我

，

wǒ我

jiù就

wàng忘

jì记

dài带

yào钥

shi匙

le了

。

If it were not for you reminding me, I would have forgotten to bring the keys.

yào要

bú不

shì是

qiān千

jūn钧

yì一

fā发

shí时

nǐ你

lā

拉

wǒ我

yì一

bǎ把

，

hòu后

guǒ果

bù不

kān堪

shè设

xiǎng想

。

If you hadn't pulled me back at the critical moment, the consequences would have been unthinkable.