要不是 meaning in English

yàobùshì

if it were not for; but for

HSK 7-9conjunction22 strokes

Meaning of 要不是

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yàobushì

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

只zhǐ要yào不bú是shì致zhì命mìng性xìng的de错cuò误wù，失shī败bài也yě没méi关guān系xì。

As long as it's not a fatal mistake, it is ok to fail.

要yào不bú是shì当dāng初chū有yǒu内nèi战zhàn，他tā们men现xiàn在zài应yīng该gāi挺tǐng富fù裕yù了le。

If it had not been for civil war, they would be wealthy now.

要yào不bú是shì被bèi绊bàn了le一yī下xià，我wǒ原yuán本běn能néng赢yíng的de。

I would've won if I hadn't tripped.

要yào不bú是shì他tā这zhè么me磨mó磨mó蹭cèng蹭cèng，现xiàn在zài早zǎo做zuò完wán了le。

If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now.

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Words that share a character with 要不是.

还是	háishi	still (as before); had better
对不起	duìbuqǐ	I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是	shì bu shì	is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用	bùyòng	need not
重要	zhòngyào	important; significant; major
不大	bù dà	not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对	bùduì	incorrect; wrong
不客气	bù kèqì	you're welcome; don't mention it
不要	bùyào	don't!; must not
但是	dànshì	but; however
不过	bùguò	only; merely
可是	kěshì	but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed

What does 要不是 mean?

要不是 (yàobùshì) means "if it were not for; but for" and is used as a conjunction.

How do you write 要不是?

要不是 is made of 3 characters: 要 (9 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 是 (9 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 要不是 an HSK word?

Yes. 要不是 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.