无论……都……
No matter … , still …
HSK 4 · 4 examples
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无论 (or 不管) introduces a whole set of possibilities, and 都 / 也 says the result does not change: 无论去哪儿，他都带着电脑。
The first half always contains a question word or an A-or-B pair: 谁 / 什么 / 怎么 / 多…… / 是……还是……。
Examples
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Wherever he goes, he takes his laptop.
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However busy she is, she reads every day.
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Whether it's windy or rainy, he goes running.
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No matter how you ask, he won't tell.
Watch out
- 都 and 也 both work here; 都 is more common in the standard language.
- 无论 is the written form and 不管 the spoken one — the grammar is the same.
Words in these examples
All 26 words used in the examples above — tap any word in an example to look it up in place. Words above this level are marked new .
- 无论wú lùnHSK 4no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- 去qùHSK 1go away, leave, depart
- 哪儿nǎ rHSK 1where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- 他tāHSK 1other, another; he, she, it
- 都dōuHSK 1metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined
- 带dàiHSK 2belt, girdle, band, strap, zone
- 着zheHSK 1make move, take action
- 电脑diàn nǎoHSK 1computer
- 多duōHSK 1much, many; more than, over
- 忙mángHSK 1busy, pressed for time; hustling
- 她tāHSK 1she, her
- 每měiHSK 2every, each
- 天tiānHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 都会dū huìnewcity; metropolis
- 读书dú shūHSK 1to read a book; to study; to attend school
- 不管bù guǎnHSK 4not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 刮风guā fēngnewto be windy
- 还是hái shiHSK 1still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 下雨xià yǔHSK 1to rain
- 跑步pǎo bùHSK 3to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
- 你nǐHSK 1you, second person pronoun
- 怎么zěn meHSK 1how?; what?; why?
- 问wènHSK 1ask about, inquire after
- 不bùHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 会huìHSK 1assemble, meet together; meeting
- 说shuōHSK 1speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid