要jiu3不bat1是si6

English

1. if it were not for
2. but for
3. if not; if ... isn't thereunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 如果唔係；如果冇；唔係……嘅話unreviewed?

Examples

• 要不是被绊了一下，我原本能赢的。

  I would've won if I hadn't tripped.

  Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

• 只要不是致命性的错误，失败也没关系。

  As long as it's not a fatal mistake, it is ok to fail.

  Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

• 要不是他这么磨磨蹭蹭，现在早做完了。

  If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now.

  Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

• 要不是当初有内战，他们现在应该挺富裕了。

  If it had not been for civil war, they would be wealthy now.

  Tatoeba · yuiyu CC BY

• unreviewed?

  如果冇中央政府照顧你哋，香港玩完啦。

  要不是中央政府照顧你們，香港完蛋了。

  If the central government isn't taking special care on Hong Kong, you will all become history.