# 不論
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùlùn
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$ leon$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-lun
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): put-lūn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bug$^4$ lung$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùlùn [Phonetic: búlùn]
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùlùn
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-lun$^4$
*** Yale: bù-lwùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buluenn
*** Palladius: булунь (bulunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ leon$^6$
*** Yale: bāt leuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ loen$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ lên$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ lɵn²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-lun
*** Hakka Romanization System: bud$^ˋ$ lun
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bud$^5$ lun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /put̚² lun⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lūn
*** Tâi-lô: put-lūn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: putlun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lun²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lun⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ lun²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lun³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lun³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bug$^4$ lung$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk lŭng
*** Sinological IPA : /puk̚²⁻⁴ luŋ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut lwon|lwonH
Rime :
| Character | 不 | 不 | 不 | 論 | 論 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) | 物 (60) | 魂 (55) | 魂 (55) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | I | I |
| Fanqie | 甫鳩切 | 方久切 | 分勿切 | 盧昆切 | 盧困切 |
| Baxter | pjuw | pjuwX | pjut | lwon | lwonH |
| Reconstructions ||||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨu/ | /pɨu$^X$/ | /pɨut̚/ | /luən/ | /luən$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piu/ | /piu$^X$/ | /piut̚/ | /luon/ | /luon$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piəu/ | /piəu$^X$/ | /piuət̚/ | /luən/ | /luən$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puw/ | /puw$^X$/ | /put̚/ | /lwən/ | /lwən$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /piu/ | /piu$^X$/ | /piuət̚/ | /luən/ | /luən$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭəu/ | /pĭəu$^X$/ | /pĭuət̚/ | /luən/ | /luən$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi̯ə̯u/ | /pi̯ə̯u$^X$/ | /pi̯uət̚/ | /luən/ | /luən$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fōu | fǒu | fu | lún | lùn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau$^1$ | fau$^2$ | fat$^1$ | leon$^4$ | leon$^6$ |

### Conjunction

不論
* no matter (what, how, etc.); regardless of; whether
* (literary) not only

#### Synonyms

* (no matter):
* 不常在 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 不拘 (bùjū)
* 不管 (bùguǎn)
* 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
* 別管／别管 (biéguǎn)
* 勿怪 ($^8$veq-kua) (Wu)
* 勿管 ($^8$veq-kuoe) (Wu)
* 勿論／勿论 ($^8$veq-len) (Wu)
* 憑／凭 (píng) (colloquial)
* 毋管
* 無管／无管 (wúguǎn) (literary or Min Nan)
* 無論／无论 (wúlùn)
* 隨便／随便 (suíbiàn)
* (not only):
* 不但 (bùdàn)
* 不僅／不仅 (bùjǐn)
* 不光 (bùguāng)
* 不只 (bùzhǐ)
* 不單／不单 (bùdān)
* 不惟 (bùwéi) (literary)
* 不止 (bùzhǐ)
* 不特 (bùtè) (literary)
* 不獨／不独 (bùdú)
* 不直 (bùzhí) (literary)
* 伓止 (ēng-cǐ) (Northern Min, Hokkien)
* 勿僅／勿仅 ($^8$veq-jin) (Wu)
* 勿僅僅／勿仅仅 ($^8$veq-jin-jin) (Wu)
* 勿光 ($^8$veq-kuaon) (Wu)
* 唔只 (m$^4$ zi$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 唔單／唔单 (m$^6$ duan$^1$) (Teochew)
* 唔單只／唔单只 (m$^4$ daan$^1$ zi$^2$) (Cantonese, Teochew)
* 唔淨只／唔净只 (m$^4$ zing$^6$ zi$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 毋但 (Hokkien)
* 豈但／岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary)
* 非但 (fēidàn)
* 非獨／非独 (fēidú)
* 非論／非论 (fēilùn) (literary)

### Verb

不論
* (formal) to not speak of; to not discuss; to not argue