IF NOT  如果不

IF NOT.
Hypernym
  • IFRELATION between sentences S1 and S2 such that it is NOT TRUE that S1 AND NOT S2.
    • CONDITIONSITUATION which is NECESSARY for something to be ABLE to HAPPEN.
      • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
See also
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The specific word for "except for" is wēi 微.

2. Fēi 非 is used for wēi 微 when the main predicate is negated.

Modern Chinese Criteria
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／ LU JIANMING

  • Quiddities. An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary ( QUINE 1987) p. 142

Words

非  fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 33 AttributionsWD

Fēi 非 is used for wēi 微 when the main predicate is negated.

    Syntactic words
  • padS1.adS2if not
  • vadV.postN:adSif not
  • vadV.postN{SUBJ}:adSif not
  • vt0oN.postVtcopulaexcept, but 何事非君
  • vtoN.adScopulaif something is not (an N)
  • vtoN.adVexcept 非禮不聽
不  bù OC: pɯʔ MC: pi̯ut 23 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • padN{PRED}.adSif not
  • padS1.adS2unless
微  wēi OC: mɯl MC: mɨi 17 AttributionsWD

The specific word for "except for" is wēi 微.

    Syntactic words
  • padS1.adS2if not, had it not been for the fact that
  • vt0+Nab{S1}.adS2Had it not been for S
  • vt0oN.adScopulabut for; if not; had it not been for; apart from
非然  fēi rán MC: pj+j nyen OC: pɯl njenCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadSgrammaticalisedotherwiseCH

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