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不管 meaning in English

bùguǎn

not to be concerned; regardless of

HSK 4conjunction18 strokes

Meaning of 不管

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùguǎn
  1. not to be concerned
  2. regardless of
  3. no matter

How to use 不管

不管 starts a clause with a question word or an A-or-B choice, and the main clause usually has 都 (dōu) or 也 (yě). Example: 不管多忙，他都去跑步。(Bùguǎn duō máng, tā dōu qù pǎobù.) No matter how busy he is, he goes running.

不 (bù) means not, and 管 (guǎn) means to manage or care about. If you do not care about the conditions, you go ahead regardless, so 不管 means no matter what.

Common mistake: Learners often write 不管 with a plain statement, like 不管下雨, instead of a question form or choice such as 不管下不下雨 or 不管下雨还是晴天. They also forget the 都 or 也 in the second half.

不管 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

不bù管guǎn谁shuí来lái，都dōu别bié开kāi门mén。
Whoever comes, don't open the door.
不bù管guǎn你nǐ做zuò什shén么me，别bié笑xiào！
No matter what you do, don't laugh!
不bù管guǎn你nǐ说shuō什shén么me，我wǒ就jiù是shì觉jué得de我wǒ是shì对duì的de。
No matter what you say, I'm convinced that I'm right.
不bù管guǎn我wǒ做zuò什shén么me，她tā都dōu说shuō我wǒ能néng做zuò得de更gèng好hǎo。
Whatever I do, she says I can do better.
不bù管guǎn你nǐ同tóng意yì还hái是shì不bù同tóng意yì，我wǒ还hái是shì要yào做zuò。
I am going to do it whether you agree or not.

Stroke order for each character

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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管 guǎn · to take care · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 不管.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing

Questions about 不管

What does 不管 mean?

不管 (bùguǎn) means "not to be concerned; regardless of" and is used as a conjunction.

How do you write 不管?

不管 is made of 2 characters: 不 (4 strokes), 管 (14 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 不管 an HSK word?

Yes. 不管 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 不管 and 无论?

They mean the same thing and follow the same grammar pattern. 无论 (wúlùn) sounds more formal and written, while 不管 is more common in everyday speech.

Can 不管 be used as a verb meaning to not care?

Yes. In speech, 不管 can mean to not be concerned with or to ignore something, as in 我不管了 (wǒ bù guǎn le), I'm not dealing with it anymore.

无法Previous in HSK 4wúfǎ