快点出发，否则赶不上车了。
Leave quickly, or we will miss the bus.
否则
otherwise; if not; or (else)
Watch it being written
Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.
否
则
Nice writing!
Build with these blocks
Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.
否
- 能否néng fǒuwhether one canB4
- 是否shìfǒuwhether (or not)B4
- 否定fǒudìngto negateB5
- 否认fǒurènto declare to be untrueB5
- 否决fǒujuéto vetoB7
- 与否yǔ fǒuwhether or not (at the end of a phrase)B7
则
- 规则guīzéruleB5
- 原则yuánzéprincipleB5
- 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express coB6
- 法则fǎzélawB7
- 以身作则yǐshēn-zuòzéto set an example (idiom)B7
- 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express coB7
- 准则zhǔnzénormB7
See it in sentences
多穿点衣服，否则会感冒。
Wear more clothes, or you will catch a cold.