管他三七二十一

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	he; him; other	three sevens beget twenty-one; the actual situation; facts of the matter
trad. (管他三七二十一)		管	他	三七二十一
simp. #(管他三七二十一)		管	他	三七二十一
Literally: “who cares that three times seven is twenty-one”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² taa¹ saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎn ta san ci èrshíhyi
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³ tʻa¹ san¹ chʻi¹ êrh⁴-shih²-i¹
    • Yale: gwǎn tā sān chī èr-shŕ-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan ta san chi ellshyri
    • Palladius: гуань та сань ци эршии (guanʹ ta sanʹ ci eršii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun² taa¹ saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹
    • Yale: gún tā sāam chāt yih sahp yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun² taa¹ saam¹ tsat⁷ ji⁶ sap⁹ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun² ta¹ sam¹ ced¹ yi⁶ seb⁶ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

管他三七二十一

1. casting all caution to the winds; regardless of the circumstances or consequences; come what may

Synonyms

• 不管三七二十一 (bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī)
• (Cantonese) 唔理三七二十一, 唔理三七廿一