若非

ruòfēi

conjunction #20,373

Meanings

1 were it not for
2 if not for
3 unless

Characters

if; as if; like

not; non-; wrong

Examples

若非你的帮助，我不可能完成这个项目。

Ruò fēi nǐ de bāngzhù, wǒ bù kěnéng wánchéng zhège xiàngmù.

Were it not for your help, I could not have completed this project.

若非亲眼所见，我决不会相信。

Ruò fēi qīnyǎn suǒ jiàn, wǒ jué bù huì xiāngxìn.

Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it.

Tips

grammar

若非 is a literary/formal conjunction meaning 'if not for / were it not for'. It introduces a counter-factual condition. It is more formal than 如果不是 and is commonly followed by a comma before the consequence clause.

Stroke Order

若 ruò

非 fēi