若無

Chinese

		to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	not have
trad. (若無)		若	無
simp. (若无)		若	无

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nah⁶ bo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nā-bô / nǎ-bô

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nah⁶ bo²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: nah-beó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naʔ¹ po¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nah⁶ bo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naʔ² pɵ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā-bô
    • Tâi-lô: nā-bô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naxbooi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã³³⁻²¹ bɤ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã²²⁻²¹ bo¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nã²²⁻²¹ bo²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nã³³⁻¹¹ bo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǎ-bô
    • Tâi-lô: nǎ-bô
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /nã³³⁻²² bo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã²² bo²⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines): /na³³⁻²² bo²⁴/

Conjunction

若無

1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) otherwise; or
2. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 若,‎ 無 / 无.

Synonyms

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• 不然 (bùrán)
• 冇是 (Southern Pinghua)
• 再不 (zàibù) (colloquial)
• 再不然 (zàibùrán)
• 勿然 (Wu)
• 否則 / 否则 (fǒuzé)
• 唔係 / 唔系 (m⁴ hai⁶) (Cantonese)
• 唔係嘅話 / 唔系嘅话 (Cantonese)
• 如咪 (Hong Kong Cantonese)
• 抑無 / 抑无 (Hokkien)
• 欲無 / 欲无 (Hokkien)
• 若唔係 / 若唔系 (Teochew)
• 要不 (yàobù)
• 要不然 (yàobùrán)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “若无”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 414.