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否则fǒuzéotherwise; or else

Theme
Connectives
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
13
Characters
2

How 否则 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

否 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
则 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 否则

Examples

快走吧，否则会晚。

Kuài zǒu ba, fǒuzé huì wǎn.

Let's hurry, otherwise we will be late.

  • 快kuàifast; soon
  • 走zǒuto walk
  • 吧baparticle: suggestion
  • 否则fǒuzéotherwise; or else
  • 会huìcan; will
  • 晚wǎnlate

要认真准备，否则考试很难。

Yào rènzhēn zhǔnbèi, fǒuzé kǎoshì hěn nán.

You must prepare properly, otherwise the exam will be hard.

  • 要yàoto want; must
  • 认真rènzhēnserious; conscientious
  • 准备zhǔnbèito prepare
  • 否则fǒuzéotherwise; or else
  • 考试kǎoshìexam
  • 很hěnvery
  • 难nándifficult

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 不然
  • 否定
  • 原则