IF NOT    如果不

IF NOT.
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
See also
Hypernym
  • IF　RELATION between sentences S1 and S2 such that it is NOT TRUE that S1 AND NOT S2. (anc: 6/0, child: 4)
  • CONDITION　SITUATION which is NECESSARY for something to be ABLE to HAPPEN. (anc: 5/0, child: 2)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
  • Quiddities. An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary ( QUINE 1987) p. 142

    • Words (4 items)

    非  fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 34 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padN{PRED}.adSif not
    • padS1.adS2unless
    微  wēi OC: mɯl MC: mɨi 17 Attributions

    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 njen 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSgrammaticalisedotherwiseCH