不問

See also: 不问

Chinese

		not; no	to ask
trad. (不問)		不	問
simp. (不问)		不	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ man⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùwèn [Phonetic: búwèn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùwùn
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wên⁴
  - Yale: bù-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwenn
  - Palladius: бувэнь (buvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ man⁶
  - Yale: bāt mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²²/

Verb

不問

(literary) to pay no attention to; to disregard
不問塵事／不问尘事 ― bùwèn chénshì ― to pay no attention to worldly affairs
- 如實論之，卜筮不問天地，蓍龜未必神靈。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  如实论之，卜筮不问天地，蓍龟未必神灵。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
  Rúshí lùn zhī, bǔshì bùwèn tiāndì, shīguī wèibì shénlíng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

不分南北東西，不問張王李趙 / 不分南北东西，不问张王李赵
不問曲直 / 不问曲直
不問東西南北 / 不问东西南北
不問皁白 / 不问皂白
不問青紅白皁 / 不问青红白皂
不問青紅皂白 / 不问青红皂白 (bùwèn qīnghóngzàobái)
不問青紅皁白 / 不问青红皂白 (bùwèn qīnghóngzàobái)
不問青黃 / 不问青黄
不聞不問 / 不闻不问 (bùwénbùwèn)
冷帳不問 / 冷帐不问
置而不問 / 置而不问

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不問):

→ Japanese: 不問(ふもん) (fumon)
→ Korean: 불문(不問) (bulmun)

See also

忽略 (hūlüè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	問
ふ Grade: 4	もん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

不(ふ)問(もん) • (fumon)

something overlooked