不管三七二十一

Chinese

		no matter; regardless of; whether no matter; regardless of; whether; to not care; to not take into consideration	three sevens beget twenty-one; the actual situation; facts of the matter
trad. (不管三七二十一)		不管	三七二十一
simp. #(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 ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ gun² saam¹ cat¹ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-kón sâm chhit ngi-sṳ̍p-yit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùguǎn san ci èrshíhyi
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kuan³ san¹ chʻi¹ êrh⁴-shih²-i¹
    • Yale: bù-gwǎn sān chī èr-shŕ-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bugoan san chi ellshyri
    • Palladius: бугуань сань ци эршии (buguanʹ sanʹ ci eršii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ kuːn³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ 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
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² kon³¹ sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ 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
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² kon³¹ sam²⁴ t͡sʰit̚² ŋi⁵⁵ sɨp̚⁵ (j)it̚²/

Idiom

不管三七二十一

1. (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)
• (Cantonese) 唔理三七二十一, 唔理三七廿一