否则 (fǒuzé) means Otherwise. Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
快走吧， 否则 就迟到了。
Kuài zǒu ba, fǒuzé jiù chídào le.
Let us hurry, otherwise we will be late.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 否则
你要早点儿睡， 否则 明天起不来。
Nǐ yào zǎodiǎnr shuì, fǒuzé míngtiān qǐ bu lái.
Go to bed earlier, or you will not be able to get up tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 否则
除非你同意， 否则 我不做。
Chúfēi nǐ tóngyì, fǒuzé wǒ bú zuò.
Unless you agree, I will not do it.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 除非
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Questions about 否则
How is 否则 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 否则 (fǒuzé, "Otherwise"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 否则 an HSK word?
Yes — 否则 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 否则?
The dictionary page for 否则 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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