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不管

bù guǎn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

不管 (bù guǎn) means "no matter (what/how); regardless of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 不管 means

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

How 不管 is used in grammar

不管 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• 无论/不管…都…: regardless of (HSK 4)

The characters in 不管

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage

Example sentences

• 不管它。
  Skip it.
• 我完全不管。
  I don't give a rat's ass.
• 我不管你在哪。
  I don't care where you are.
• 不管怎样，我尽力。
  In any event, I will do my best.
• 不管是谁总比没人好。
  Anybody would be better than nobody.
• 不管谁来，都别开门。
  Whoever comes, don't open the door.

Words starting with 不管

• 不管怎样bù guǎn zěn yàngin any case; no matter what
• 不管不顾bù guǎn bù gù(idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth); (idiom) unheeding; reckless

Words containing 不管

• 看着不管kàn zhe bù guǎnto stand by and pay no heed; to ignore
• 死人不管sǐ rén bù guǎn(colloquial) to wash one's hands of a matter
• 撒手不管sā shǒu bù guǎnto stand aside and do nothing (idiom); to take no part in

Where 不管 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Logical connectives & conjunctions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù guǎn correctly.
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