不管三七二十一

Chinese

		regardless of; no matter; to not care regardless of; no matter; to not care; to not take into consideration	three sevens beget twenty-one; the actual situation; facts of the matter
simp. and trad. (不管三七二十一)		不管	三七二十一
Literally: “do not care if three times seven equals 21”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄙㄢㄑㄧㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gun² saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-kón sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄙㄢㄑㄧㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4goan san qi1 ellshyryi1
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ku̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sa̠n⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ gun² saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹
  - Yale: bāt gún sāam chāt yih sahp yāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ gun² saam¹ tsat⁷ ji⁶ sap⁹ jat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ gun² sam¹ ced¹ yi⁶ seb⁶ yed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kuːn³⁵ sɑːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-kón sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud` gon` sam´ qid` ngi siib id`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ gon³ sam¹ qid⁵ ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵
  - IPA: /put̚² kon³¹ sam²⁴ t͡ɕʰit̚² ɲi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ it̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-kón sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud` gon` sam´ qid` ngi siib (r)id`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ gon³ sam¹ qid⁵ ngi⁴ sib⁶ yid⁵
  - IPA: /put̚² kon³¹ sam²⁴ t͡ɕʰit̚² ɲi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ (j)it̚²/

Idiom

不管三七二十一

(colloquial) to cast all caution to the wind and act without thinking of the consequences

Synonyms

管他三七二十一 (guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī)

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