不管

Chinese

		not; no	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
trad. (不管)		不	管
simp. #(不管)		不	管

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gun²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-kón
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kuan³
    • Yale: bù-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugoan
    • Palladius: бугуань (buguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ gun²
    • Yale: bāt gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-kón
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` gon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ gon³
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² kon³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-koán
    • Tâi-lô: put-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putkoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁴¹/

Conjunction

不管

1. no matter (what, how, etc.); regardless of; whether

Synonyms

• 不常在 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 不拘 (bùjū)
• 不論／不论 (bùlùn)
• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 別管／别管 (biéguǎn)
• 勿怪 (⁸veq-kua) (Wu)
• 勿管 (⁸veq-kuoe) (Wu)
• 勿論／勿论 (⁸veq-len) (Wu)
• 憑／凭 (píng) (colloquial)
• 毋管
• 無管／无管 (wúguǎn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 無論／无论 (wúlùn)
• 隨便／随便 (suíbiàn)

 

Derived terms

• 不管怎樣／不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)

 

Verb

不管

1. to not care; to not take into consideration

Synonyms

• 不恤 (bùxù) (formal)
• 不顧／不顾 (bùgù)
• 無管／无管 (bô-koán) (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 不管三七二十一 (bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī)
• 不管部長／不管部长 (bùguǎn bùzhǎng)