否则
fǒu zé 3–2
otherwise; if not; or (else)
- Characters
- 2
- 否 · 则
- Syllables
- 2
- fǒu zé
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 1,416
Part of speech: c
Character by character
- 否fǒu7 strokesHSK 3not, no, negative; final particle; hexagram ䷋
- 则zé6 strokesHSK 4 traditional 則rule, law, regulation; grades
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 否则. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 是否shì fǒuHSK 4
whether (or not); if; is or isn't
- 则zéHSK 7
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 规则guī zéHSK 4
rule; regulation; rules and regulations
- 原则yuán zéHSK 4
principle; doctrine
- 能否néng fǒuHSK 6
whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?
- 否认fǒu rènHSK 3
to declare to be untrue; to deny
- 准则zhǔn zéHSK 7
norm; standard; criterion
- 否定fǒu dìngHSK 3
to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation
- 与否yǔ fǒuHSK 7
whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
- 否决fǒu juéHSK 7
to veto; to overrule
- 以身作则yǐ shēn zuò zéHSK 7
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model