不管

Character by character

• 不bù4 strokesHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
• 管guǎn14 strokesHSK 3pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music

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Example sentences

• 不管它。

  Bù guǎn tā

  Skip it.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 不管. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 不bùHSK 1

  no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

• 不过bù guòHSK 2

  only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)

• 不要bù yàoHSK 2

  don't!; must not

• 不错bù cuòHSK 2

  correct; right; not bad; pretty good

• 不同bù tóngHSK 2

  different; distinct; not the same; not alike

• 管guǎnHSK 3

  to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards

• 不再bù zàiHSK 6

  no more; no longer

• 不用bù yòngHSK 1

  need not

• 尽管jǐn guǎnHSK 5

  despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating

• 不少bù shǎoHSK 2

  many; a lot; not few

• 管理guǎn lǐHSK 3

  to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration

• 不断bù duànHSK 3

  unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant

• 不够bù gòuHSK 2

  not enough; insufficient; inadequate

• 不行bù xíngHSK 2

  won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable

• 不仅bù jǐnHSK 3

  not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)

• 不知bù zhīHSK 7

  not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

• 对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1

  I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

• 不得不bù dé bùHSK 3

  have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid

• 差不多chà bu duōHSK 2

  almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad

• 不必bù bìHSK 3

  need not; does not have to; not necessarily

• 不然bù ránHSK 4

  not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...?

• 不见bù jiànHSK 6

  not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing

• 只不过zhǐ bu guòHSK 5

  only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...

• 不对bù duìHSK 1

  incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer