無論

See also: 无论

Chinese

		not have	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)
trad. (無論)		無	論
simp. (无论)		无	论

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúlùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ leon⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-lun / vù-lun
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-lūn / bû-lūn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ lung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúlùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúlùn
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-lun⁴
    • Yale: wú-lwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuluenn
    • Palladius: улунь (ulunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ leon⁶
    • Yale: mòuh leuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ loen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ lên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ lɵn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-lun / vù-lun
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ lun / vu^ˇ lun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² lun⁴ / vu² lun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ lun⁵⁵/, /vu¹¹ lun⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-lūn
    • Tâi-lô: bô-lūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boilun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² lun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ lun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² lun²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ lun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² lun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-lūn
    • Tâi-lô: bû-lūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bulun
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² lun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² lun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² lun²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ lung⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô lŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ luŋ³⁵/

Conjunction

1. no matter (what, how, etc.); regardless of; whether

   無論你想吃中國菜還是日本料理，自助餐都會有你喜歡的。 [MSC, trad.]
   无论你想吃中国菜还是日本料理，自助餐都会有你喜欢的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wúlùn nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ, zìzhùcān dōu huì yǒu nǐ xǐhuān de. [Pinyin]

   Whether you want Chinese or Japanese food, the buffet will have what you like.

2. let alone; not to mention; much less

Synonyms

• (no matter):

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• 不常在 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 不拘 (bùjū)
• 不管 (bùguǎn)
• 不論／不论 (bùlùn)
• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 別管／别管 (biéguǎn)
• 勿怪 (⁸veq-kua) (Wu)
• 勿管 (⁸veq-kuoe) (Wu)
• 勿論／勿论 (⁸veq-len) (Wu)
• 憑／凭 (píng) (colloquial)
• 毋管
• 無管／无管 (wúguǎn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 隨便／随便 (suíbiàn)

 

• (let alone):

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• 且不說／且不说 (qiěbùshuō)
• 何況／何况 (hékuàng)
• 更不用說／更不用说 (gèng bùyòng shuō)
• 更何況／更何况 (gènghékuàng)

 

Verb

無論

1. (literary) to not investigate

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	論
む Grade: 4	ろん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 無論／无论 (mju lwon^H, literally “without discussion, no argument”). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hakka mò-lun or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese mou⁴ leon⁶.

Adverb

無(む)論(ろん) • (muron) 

1. no doubt, naturally, of course, it goes without saying

   無論(むろん)こんな馬鹿(ばか)なことはありえない。

   Muron konna baka na koto wa arienai.

   It goes without saying that this kind of idiotic thing simply cannot be.

Noun

無(む)論(ろん) • (muron) 

1. something that is clearly the case

   あれは無論(むろん)ですね。

   Are wa muron desu ne.

   That is clearly the case.

Usage notes

More commonly used as an adverb.

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN