要是

yào shi HSK 3CONJUNCTION

Conjunction5 examples

if; suppose; in case

要是不左性，你也到不了这步田地。

yàoshi bù zuǒ xìng, nǐ yě dào bùliǎo zhè bù tiándì.

If you weren't left-centered, you wouldn't have reached this point.

要是你有空，可以来找我。

yàoshi nǐ yǒu kòng, kěyǐ lái zhǎo wǒ.

If you are free, you can come find me.

要是下雨，我们就不去了。

yàoshi xià yǔ, wǒmen jiù bù qùle.

If it rains, we won’t go.

要是你不喜欢，就不要买。

yàoshi nǐ bù xǐhuān, jiù bù yāo mǎi.

If you don’t like it, then don’t buy it.

要是他早说，我们会帮他。

yàoshi tā zǎo shuō, wǒmen huì bāng tā.

If he had said it earlier, we would have helped him.

USAGE NOTE

pronounced [yào shì] in Taiwan

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