Chinese symbol for “alternatively”
再不然
zài bu rán
otherwise; alternatively; or else
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alternatively is 再不然 (zài bu rán), defined as: otherwise; alternatively; or else.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “alternatively”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 再不然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不再 | bù zài | no more; no longer |
| 再次 | zài cì | once more; once again |
| 再也 | zài yě | (not) ever again; (not) any longer |
| 再度 | zài dù | once more; once again; one more time |
| 再说 (再說) | zài shuō | to say again; to put off a discussion until later |
| 再见 (再見) | zài jiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.