無要緊

See also: 无要紧

Chinese

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		not have	important; pressing; urgent important; pressing; urgent; critical; serious
trad. (無要緊)		無	要緊
simp. (无要紧)		无	要紧

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-yeu-kín
• Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-iéu-gīng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-iàu-kín / bô-á-kín / bőa-kín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ iao³ ging² / bho⁵ iou³ ging²

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yeu-kín
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ ieu gin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo<sup>2</sup> yeu<sup>4</sup> gin<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ i̯eu̯⁵⁵ kin³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-yeu-kín
    • Hakka Romanization System: moˇ (r)ieu gin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² yeu⁴ gin³
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ (j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵ kin³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-iéu-gīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³⁻²¹ ieu²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)iŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Lukang, Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-iàu-kín
    • Tâi-lô: bô-iàu-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'iao'kien
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ iau¹¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² iau²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /bo²⁴⁻²² iau³¹⁻⁵³ kin⁵⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-á-kín
    • Tâi-lô: bô-á-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'afkien
    • IPA (Tainan): /bɤ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /bo²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kin⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bőa-kín
    • Tâi-lô: bua̋-kín
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bua³⁵ kin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bua³⁵ kin⁵³/

Note: bőa-kín - contraction.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ iao³ ging² / bho⁵ iou³ ging²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô iàu kíng / bô iòu kíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiŋ⁵²/, /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kiŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Interjection

無要緊

1. (Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min) no problem; it doesn't matter; never mind

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沒關係 (“it doesn't matter; never mind”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沒關係, 無所謂
Mandarin	Beijing	沒事兒
	Taiwan	沒關係, 不要緊, 無所謂
	Malaysia	不要緊
	Singapore	不要緊, 無所謂
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔緊要, 冇關係
	Hong Kong	唔緊要, 冇相干, 唔打緊, 冇所謂
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔緊要, 冇相干
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔緊要, 冇相干, 冇所謂
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	唔緊要
Hakka	Meixian	無關係, 無問題, 唔緊要
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無關係, 無相干
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無要緊, 無關係, 無相干
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無關係, 無相干
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無關係, 無相干
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無關係, 無相干
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無要緊
	Hong Kong	無所謂
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	無要緊, 無佮涉
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	無事計
Southern Min	Xiamen	無要緊, 無關係, 無打緊
	Quanzhou	無打緊, 𣍐要緊
	Zhangzhou	無要緊
	Zhao'an	無要緊
	Taipei	無要緊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	無要緊
	Kaohsiung	無要緊, 無關係
	Yilan	無要緊, 無關係
	Changhua (Lukang)	無要緊
	Taichung	無要緊
	Tainan	無要緊, 無關係
	Hsinchu	𣍐要緊
	Kinmen	𣍐要緊
	Penghu (Magong)	𣍐要緊
	Penang (Hokkien)	𣍐要緊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𣍐要緊
	Manila (Hokkien)	𣍐要緊
	Chaozhou	無相干
	Shantou	無相干, 無關係, 無所謂, 毋緊要
	Singapore (Teochew)	𣍐要緊, 無相干
	Wenchang	無相干
	Haikou	無相干
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無相干, 無要緊
Wu	Shanghai	嘸沒關係, 勿要緊, 勿搭界, 勿礙 dated
	Suzhou	弗礙
	Ningbo	弗搭界, 嘸較, 嘸相干 dated
Xiang	Changsha	現話得, 冇得何裡

• 沒事／没事 (méishì), 沒事兒／没事儿 (méishìr)
• 沒問題／没问题 (méiwèntí)
• 沒什麼／没什么 (méishénme)
• (Cantonese) 冇問題／冇问题, 冇關係／冇关系, 冇緊要／冇紧要, 冇事
• (Hakka) 無關係／无关系, 毋怕
• (Hokkien) 無啥物／无啥物, 無哪仔／无哪仔, 無哪貨仔／无哪货仔
• (Wu) 嘸沒關係／呒没关系, 勿要緊個／勿要紧个

Related terms

• 無代誌／无代志 (bô-tāi-chì)

Further reading

• “Entry #8648”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.