若joek6非fei1

joek6 fei1ruò fēi

English

were it not for
if not for
if not; if ... isn't there

粵語 — Cantonese

如果唔係；如果冇；唔係……嘅話

Examples

如果唔係佢偷懶，佢就唔會測驗唔合格。
若非他偷懶，就不會測驗不及格。 (joek6 fei1 taa1 tau1 laan5, zau6 bat1 wui5 caak1 jim6 bat1 kap6 gaak3.)
If he hadn't lazed around, he wouldn't have failed this test.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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