管他三七二十一

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	he; him	three sevens beget twenty-one; the actual situation; facts of the matter
simp. and trad. (管他三七二十一)		管	他	三七二十一
Literally: “who cares that three times seven is twenty-one”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚㄙㄢㄑㄧㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² taa¹ saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǎn tā sān qī èrshíyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚㄙㄢㄑㄧㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan ta san qi1 ellshyryi1
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰa̠⁵⁵ sa̠n⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun² taa¹ saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹
  - Yale: gún tā sāam chāt yih sahp yāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun² taa¹ saam¹ tsat⁷ ji⁶ sap⁹ jat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun² ta¹ sam¹ ced¹ yi⁶ seb⁶ yed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ tʰɑː⁵⁵ sɑːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

管他三七二十一

don't care how; who cares how

Synonyms

不管三七二十一 (bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī)

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