不管 bùguǎn — no matter (what/how…), regardless of

Meanings

1. 1

   no matter (what/how…), regardless of

   管, to be in charge of, to concern oneself with, made negative: "not minding" whichever answer the question word or the alternatives give — 不管天气怎么样, 不管你去不去. The clause it opens always closes with 都 or 也: the condition is dismissed, not stated.

   conjunction

Character breakdown

• 不

  bù (fourth tone, falling)

  not, no — the general negative, placed before verbs and adjectives

  4 strokesRadical 一

Example sentences

• 不管天气怎么样，我们都要去爬山。/不管天氣怎麼樣，我們都要去爬山。Bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling) tiānqì (first tone, high and level) zěnmeyàng, (third tone, dipping) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) dōu (first tone, high and level) yào (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling) páshān. (second tone, rising)···

  No matter what the weather is like, we are going hiking.

• 不管你相信不相信，这是真的。/不管你相信不相信，這是真的。Bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling) nǐ (third tone, dipping) xiāngxìn (first tone, high and level) bù (fourth tone, falling) xiāngxìn, (first tone, high and level) zhè (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) zhēn (first tone, high and level) de. (neutral tone)···

  Whether you believe it or not, it’s true.

Words containing 不

• 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
• 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
• 不错/不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
• 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
• 不断/不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
• 不过/不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
• 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
• 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
• 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
• 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
• 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
• 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
• 不够/不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
• 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
• 不仅/不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)