# 不要緊
## Chinese

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùyàojǐn
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bat$^1$ jiu$^3$ gan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùyàojǐn [Phonetic: búyàojǐn]
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùyàojǐn
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-yao$^4$-chin$^3$
*** Yale: bù-yàu-jǐn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyawjiin
*** Palladius: буяоцзинь (bujaoczinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bat$^1$ jiu$^3$ gan$^2$
*** Yale: bāt yiu gán
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bat$^7$ jiu$^3$ gan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bed$^1$ yiu$^3$ gen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯³³ kɐn³⁵/

### Interjection

不要緊
* never mind; it doesn't matter
* don't worry

#### Synonyms

* (never mind, it doesn't matter):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 沒關係, 無所謂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 沒事兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 沒關係, 不要緊, 無所謂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 不要緊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 不要緊, 無所謂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔緊要, 冇關係 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 唔緊要, 冇相干, 唔打緊, 冇所謂 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 唔緊要, 冇相干 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 唔緊要, 冇相干, 冇所謂 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 唔緊要 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 無關係, 無問題, 唔緊要 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無關係, 無相干 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無要緊, 無關係, 無相干 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無關係, 無相干 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無關係, 無相干 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無關係, 無相干 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 無要緊 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 無所謂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 無要緊, 無佮涉 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 無事計 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 無要緊, 無關係, 無打緊 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 無打緊, 𣍐要緊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 無要緊 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 無要緊 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 無要緊 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 無要緊 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 無要緊, 無關係 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 無要緊, 無關係 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 無要緊 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 無要緊 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 無要緊, 無關係 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 𣍐要緊 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𣍐要緊 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𣍐要緊 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𣍐要緊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 𣍐要緊 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 𣍐要緊 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 無相干 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 無相干, 無關係, 無所謂, 毋緊要 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 𣍐要緊, 無相干 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 無相干 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 無相干 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 無相干, 無要緊 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 嘸沒關係, 勿要緊, 勿搭界, 勿礙 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 弗礙 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 勿要緊 |
| Wu | Jiashan | 嘸哈, 弗要緊 |
| Wu | Pinghu | 嘸哈, 勿要緊 |
| Wu | Haining (Xiashi) | 弗要緊, 嘸關係 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 弗要緊 |
| Wu | Haiyan | 勿要緊 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 弗搭界 |
| Wu | Changxing | 弗要緊 |
| Wu | Anji | 弗要緊, 嘸關係 |
| Wu | Deqing | 弗要緊, 嘸啥關係 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 沒關係 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 否得 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 弗要緊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 嘸咪關係, 否得 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) | 弗要緊 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 嘸有關係 |
| Wu | Tonglu (Wusheng) | 沒關係, 不要緊 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 弗要緊 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 弗要緊, 弗得個 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 嘸有關係, 嘸告 |
| Wu | Xinchang | 弗要緊, 𣍐得 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 弗搭界, 嘸告, 嘸相干 dated |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 弗要緊, 嘸告 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Fenghua) | 嘸關係個, 嘸告個 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 嘸告個 |
| Wu | Cixi | 嘸告 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 嘸告 |
| Wu | Ninghai | 嘸不關係, 嘸告 |
| Wu | Zhoushan (Dinghai) | 嘸告 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 弗要緊 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 現話得, 冇得何裡 |
* (don't worry): 不要擔心／不要担心 (bùyào dānxīn)

### Adjective

不要緊
* unimportant
* not critical; not serious