HSK 4 grammar · new HSK syllabus
不管 / 无论…都…: no matter
不管 or 无论 + an open question, then 都: 不管多忙，他都每天跑步.
Structure
- 不管 / 无论 + question word / A还是B / A不A，(subject) + 都 / 也 + …
How it works
不管 and 无论 mean “no matter”. They are followed by something open: a question word (多忙, 什么, 谁), A还是B, or A不A.
The second half has 都 or 也: 无论天气怎么样，我们都去.
无论 is more formal; 不管 is more common in speech.
Examples
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不管多忙，他每天都锻炼一个小时。
Bùguǎn duō máng, tā měi tiān dōu duànliàn yí gè xiǎoshí.
No matter how busy he is, he exercises for an hour every day.
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无论遇到什么困难，我们都不会放弃。
Wúlùn yùdào shénme kùnnan, wǒmen dōu bú huì fàngqì.
Whatever difficulties we meet, we won’t give up.
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不管你去不去，我都要去。
Bùguǎn nǐ qù bú qù, wǒ dōu yào qù.
Whether or not you go, I’m going.
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无论是大人还是孩子，都很喜欢这个电影。
Wúlùn shì dàren háishi háizi, dōu hěn xǐhuan zhège diànyǐng.
Adults and children alike love this film.
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不管谁打电话，都说我不在。
Bùguǎn shéi dǎdiànhuà, dōu shuō wǒ bú zài.
Whoever calls, say I’m out.
Words in these examples (35)
| 不管 | bùguǎn | no matter (what, who, how) | HSK 4 |
| 多 | duō | many; much; (in questions) how | HSK 1 |
| 忙 | máng | busy | HSK 1 |
| 他 | tā | he; him | HSK 1 |
| 每 | měi | every; each | HSK 2 |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky | HSK 1 |
| 都 | dōu | all; both | HSK 1 |
| 锻炼 | duànliàn | to exercise; to work out | HSK 3 |
| 一 | yī | one | HSK 1 |
| 个 | gè | (general measure word) | HSK 1 |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour | HSK 1 |
| 无论 | wúlùn | no matter (what, how) | HSK 4 |
| 遇到 | yùdào | to come across; to meet | HSK 3 |
| 什么 | shénme | what | HSK 1 |
| 困难 | kùnnan | difficult; difficulty | HSK 4 |
| 我们 | wǒmen | we; us | HSK 1 |
| 不 | bù | not; no | HSK 1 |
| 会 | huì | can; to know how to | HSK 1 |
| 放弃 | fàngqì | to give up | HSK 4 |
| 你 | nǐ | you | HSK 1 |
| 去 | qù | to go | HSK 1 |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me | HSK 1 |
| 要 | yào | to want; will; should | HSK 1 |
| 是 | shì | to be (am, is, are); yes | HSK 1 |
| 大人 | dàren | adult | HSK 3 |
| 还是 | háishi | or (in questions); still; had better | HSK 2 |
| 孩子 | háizi | child | HSK 1 |
| 很 | hěn | very | HSK 1 |
| 喜欢 | xǐhuan | to like | HSK 1 |
| 这个 | zhège | this one | HSK 1 |
| 电影 | diànyǐng | film; movie | HSK 1 |
| 谁 | shéi/shuí | who | HSK 1 |
| 打电话 | dǎdiànhuà | to make a phone call | HSK 1 |
| 说 | shuō | to say; to speak | HSK 1 |
| 在 | zài | to be at; at; in; (before a verb) in the middle of doing | HSK 1 |
Common mistakes
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✗不管天气很好，我都去。
✓不管天气好不好，我都去。
不管 needs an open choice, not a plain statement.
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✗无论他说什么，我不信。
✓无论他说什么，我都不信。
Keep 都 in the second half.
Check yourself
Choose the word that fills the gap.
1. 别人怎么说，我都相信你。
2. 无论刮风还是下雨，他 准时到。
3. 不管你同意 ，我都要试试。