不論

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
• Min Nan

  (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 lwən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ leon⁶
    • Yale: bāt leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɵn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-lun
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` lun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ lun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² lun⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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: /pɨu|pɨu^X|pɨut̚  luən|luən^H/

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)	文 (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
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/
Bernard 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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Synonyms of 不論

不拘 (bùjū) 不管 (bùguǎn) 勿怪 (Wu) 勿管 (Wu) 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng) 別管／别管 (biéguǎn)

勿論／勿论 (Wu) 憑／凭 (píng) (colloquial) 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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Synonyms of 不論

不但 (bùdàn) 不光 (bùguāng) 不只 (bùzhǐ) 不惟 (bùwéi) (literary) 不止 (bùzhǐ) 不特 (bùtè) (literary) 不直 (bùzhí) (literary) 伓止 (Min Bei, Min Nan) 勿光 (Wu) 唔只 (Cantonese) 毋但 (Min Nan) 非但 (fēidàn)

不僅／不仅 (bùjǐn) 不單／不单 (bùdān) 不獨／不独 (bùdú) 勿僅／勿仅 (Wu) 勿僅僅／勿仅仅 (Wu) 唔單／唔单 (Teochew) 唔單只／唔单只 (Cantonese, Teochew) 唔淨只／唔净只 (Cantonese) 豈但／岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary) 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