不然 bùrán

1. bùrán conjunction or else; otherwise; if not
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不然'; Guoyu '不然' 4)
2. bùrán adjective not so
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不如此 (CC-CEDICT '不然'; Guoyu '不然' 1)
3. bùrán phrase is it possible that?
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 莫不是 (Guoyu '不然' 2)
4. bùrán phrase that is not ok
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不行 (Guoyu '不然' 5)
5. bùrán phrase unhappy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不高兴 (Guoyu '不然' 6)

Contained in

• 一时俱不然(一時俱不然) do not take place at the same time
• 见无用不然(見無用不然) If (it is said that) this (desire - i.e., inquiry) is useless because perceptible (means of removal are available)

Also contained in

莫不然 、 要不然

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋 — count: 63
• Scroll 1 Twelve Gate Treatise 十二門論 — count: 62
• Scroll 3 Mūlamadhyamakaśāstra (Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way) 中論 — count: 61 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 A Summary of the Meaning of Nyāyamukha 因明義斷 — count: 60
• Scroll 5 The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋 — count: 59
• Scroll 4 Mūlamadhyamakaśāstra (Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way) 中論 — count: 53 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 9 The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋 — count: 53
• Scroll 1 Fo Xing Lun 佛性論 — count: 53 , has English translation
• Scroll 15 The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋 — count: 52
• Scroll 2 Mūlamadhyamakaśāstra (Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way) 中論 — count: 52 , has English translation , has parallel version