# 不以為然
## Chinese

| | | not; no | to use; according to; so as toto use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.) | because of; for; tobecause of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become | so; thus; like thisso; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right |
| trad. (不以為然/不以爲然) | trad. (不以為然/不以爲然) | 不 | 以 | 為/爲 | 然 |
| simp. (不以为然) | simp. (不以为然) | 不 | 以 | 为 | 然 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùyǐwéirán
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$ ji$^5$ wai$^4$ jin$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-í-ûi-liân / put-í-ûi-jiân
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùyǐwéirán
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùyǐwéirán
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-i$^3$-wei$^2$-jan$^2$
*** Yale: bù-yǐ-wéi-rán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyiiweiran
*** Palladius: буивэйжань (buivɛjžanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ ji$^5$ wai$^4$ jin$^4$
*** Yale: bāt yíh wàih yìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ ji$^5$ wai$^4$ jin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ yi$^5$ wei$^4$ yin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ jiː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jiːn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-í-ûi-liân
*** Tâi-lô: put-í-uî-liân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: put'yuilieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-í-ûi-jiân
*** Tâi-lô: put-í-uî-jiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: put'yuijieen
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²³⁻³³ ziɛn²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui¹³⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/

### Idiom

不以為然
* to not accept as correct; to disagree; to object; to disapprove
* to not care; to not regard as important
    From: 2004, 王杰排练时太投入 左眼碰伤竟然不知道(图文), 搜狐音乐
    duìyú zhè cì yǎnjīng zhuàng shāng, tā xiǎn de bùyǐwéirán [Pinyin]
    He did not seem bothered by the eye bruise
    From: 2005, 广州热销巴西龟 被列为最危险入侵物种之一(图), 信息时报
    Jìzhě chēng yào měitiān pīfā jìnhuò 100 zhī zuǒyòu de bāxīguī, wèn dàngzhǔ néng bùnéng jíshí gōnghuò? Gāi dàngzhǔ bùyǐwéirán de huídá jìzhě, bié shuō yībǎi zhī, yīqiān zhī dōu kěyǐ jíshí gōnghuò. [Pinyin]
    The reporter enquired whether the stall owner was able to supply around 100 red-eared sliders to him daily, and the stall owner casually replied that even 1000 sliders can be supplied daily, let alone 100.
    From: 2018, 欠债不还 男子因6万元被判刑, 法制日报
    Jiē dào fǎyuàn de tōngzhī hòu, Chén mǒu zìzhī míngxià wú dēngjì fángchǎn, biǎoxiàn chū yī fù qiànzhài bù duō bùyǐwéirán de tàidù, yǐ méi qián huánkuǎn wéiyóu tuīwěi. [Pinyin]
    Knowing he had no properties registered under his name, Chen gave an I-didn't-owe-much-so-I-didn't-care attitude after he received the notification from the court, and shirked the issue by stating he did not have enough money to pay back.

#### Usage notes

The second sense is common, but is either unincluded (Xiandai Hanyu Cidian, Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary) or deemed an erroneous application of this idiom (Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian) in standard Chinese dictionaries.

#### See also

* 不以為意／不以为意 (bùyǐwéiyì)