否则

Character by character

• 否fǒu7 strokesHSK 3not, no, negative; final particle; hexagram ䷋
• 则zé6 strokesHSK 4 traditional 則rule, law, regulation; grades

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 否则. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 是否shì fǒuHSK 4

  whether (or not); if; is or isn't

• 则zéHSK 7

  (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items

• 规则guī zéHSK 4

  rule; regulation; rules and regulations

• 原则yuán zéHSK 4

  principle; doctrine

• 能否néng fǒuHSK 6

  whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?

• 否认fǒu rènHSK 3

  to declare to be untrue; to deny

• 准则zhǔn zéHSK 7

  norm; standard; criterion

• 否定fǒu dìngHSK 3

  to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation

• 与否yǔ fǒuHSK 7

  whether or not (at the end of a phrase)

• 否决fǒu juéHSK 7

  to veto; to overrule

• 以身作则yǐ shēn zuò zéHSK 7

  to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model