不問

See also: 不问

Chinese

		not; no	to ask
trad. (不問)		不	問
simp. (不问)		不	问

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùwèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ man⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùwèn [Phonetic: búwèn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùwùn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wên⁴
    • Yale: bù-wèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwenn
    • Palladius: бувэнь (buvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ wən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ man⁶
    • Yale: bāt mahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ man⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ men⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²²/

Verb

不問

1. (literary) to pay no attention to; to disregard

   不問塵事／不问尘事  ―  bùwèn chénshì  ―  to pay no attention to worldly affairs

   • 如實論之，卜筮不問天地，蓍龜未必神靈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     如实论之，卜筮不问天地，蓍龟未必神灵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE

     Rúshí lùn zhī, bǔshì bùwèn tiāndì, shīguī wèibì shénlíng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 不分南北東西，不問張王李趙／不分南北东西，不问张王李赵
• 不問曲直／不问曲直
• 不問東西南北／不问东西南北
• 不問皁白／不问皁白
• 不問青紅白皁／不问青红白皁
• 不問青紅皂白／不问青红皂白 (bùwèn qīnghóngzàobái)
• 不問青紅皁白／不问青红皁白
• 不問青黃／不问青黄
• 不聞不問／不闻不问 (bùwénbùwèn)
• 冷帳不問／冷帐不问
• 置而不問／置而不问

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不問):

• → Japanese: 不問(ふもん) (fumon)
• → Korean: 불문(不問) (bulmun)

See also

• 忽略 (hūlüè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	問
ふ Grade: 4	もん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝmõ̞ɴ]

Noun

不(ふ)問(もん) • (fumon) 

1. something overlooked