要不是

yào bú shì

A2 Level 4* ★ Core word
Conjunction

Definition

  1. if it were not for
  2. but for

Stroke order

Tap a character to replay.

Example

要不是你提醒我,我就忘了。

If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).