三不管

Chinese

		three	not manage; not in charge of
trad. (三不管)		三	不管
simp. #(三不管)		三	不管

Etymology

Originally referring to the status of Kowloon Walled City. The three parties were the British government, the Chinese government and the Hong Kong government.

Alternatively may be referring to Nanshi in Tianjin, which was an area between the Chinese territory, the French concession and the Japanese concession.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānbùguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ bat¹ gun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-put-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānbùguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanbùguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-pu⁴-kuan³
    • Yale: sān-bù-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanbugoan
    • Palladius: саньбугуань (sanʹbuguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ bat¹ gun²
    • Yale: sāam bāt gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ bat⁷ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ bed¹ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kuːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-put-koán
    • Tâi-lô: sam-put-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samputkoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁴¹/

Verb

三不管

1. (of an area, matter, event, etc.) to be not managed, controlled, supervised or administered by any party