HSK Guide

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

bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)bu4guan3

no matter (what/how…), regardless of

HSK 4· HSK 1–4 (classic)conjunction
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Meanings

  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.

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