不論

See also: 不论

Chinese

		not; no	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)
trad. (不論)		不	論
simp. (不论)		不	论

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùlùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ leon⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-lun
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): put-lūn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ lung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùlùn [Phonetic: búlùn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùlùn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lun⁴
    • Yale: bù-lwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buluenn
    • Palladius: булунь (bulunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ leon⁶
    • Yale: bāt leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɵn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-lun
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud^ˋ lun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ lun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² lun⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lūn
    • Tâi-lô: put-lūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putlun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ lun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lun³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bug⁴ lung⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk lŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ luŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut lwon|lwonH

Rime
Character	不	不	不	論	論
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	物 (60)	魂 (55)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	I	I
Fanqie	甫鳩切	方久切	分勿切	盧昆切	盧困切
Baxter	pjuw	pjuwX	pjut	lwon	lwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨu/	/pɨuX/	/pɨut̚/	/luən/	/luənH/
Pan Wuyun	/piu/	/piuX/	/piut̚/	/luon/	/luonH/
Shao Rongfen	/piəu/	/piəuX/	/piuət̚/	/luən/	/luənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puw/	/puwX/	/put̚/	/lwən/	/lwənH/
Li Rong	/piu/	/piuX/	/piuət̚/	/luən/	/luənH/
Wang Li	/pĭəu/	/pĭəuX/	/pĭuət̚/	/luən/	/luənH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯u/	/pi̯ə̯uX/	/pi̯uət̚/	/luən/	/luənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fōu	fǒu	fu	lún	lùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau1	fau2	fat1	leon4	leon6

Conjunction

不論

1. no matter (what, how, etc.); regardless of; whether
2. (literary) not only

Synonyms

• (no matter):

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• 不常在 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 不拘 (bùjū)
• 不管 (bùguǎn)
• 任憑 / 任凭 (rènpíng)
• 別管 / 别管 (biéguǎn)
• 勿怪 (⁸veq-kua) (Wu)
• 勿管 (⁸veq-kuoe) (Wu)
• 勿論 / 勿论 (⁸veq-len) (Wu)
• 憑 / 凭 (píng) (colloquial)
• 毋管
• 無管 / 无管 (wúguǎn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 無論 / 无论 (wúlùn)
• 隨便 / 随便 (suíbiàn)

• (not only):

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• 不但 (bùdàn)
• 不僅 / 不仅 (bùjǐn)
• 不光 (bùguāng)
• 不只 (bùzhǐ)
• 不單 / 不单 (bùdān)
• 不惟 (bùwéi) (literary)
• 不止 (bùzhǐ)
• 不特 (bùtè) (literary)
• 不獨 / 不独 (bùdú)
• 不直 (bùzhí) (literary)
• 不第 (bùdì) (literary)
• 伓止 (ēng-cǐ) (Northern Min, Hokkien)
• 勿僅 / 勿仅 (⁸veq-jin) (Wu)
• 勿僅僅 / 勿仅仅 (⁸veq-jin-jin) (Wu)
• 勿光 (⁸veq-kuaon) (Wu)
• 唔只 (m⁴ zi²) (Cantonese)
• 唔單 / 唔单 (m⁶ duan¹) (Teochew)
• 唔單只 / 唔单只 (m⁴ daan¹ zi²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 唔淨只 / 唔净只 (m⁴ zing⁶ zi²) (Cantonese)
• 毋但 (Hokkien)
• 豈但 / 岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary)
• 非但 (fēidàn)
• 非獨 / 非独 (fēidú)
• 非論 / 非论 (fēilùn) (literary)

Verb

不論

1. (formal) to not speak of; to not discuss; to not argue