Chinese symbol for “whatever”
不论
bù lùn
Traditional: 不論
whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
The closest CC-CEDICT match for whatever is 不论 (bù lùn), defined as: whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “whatever”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 任何 | rèn hé | any; whatever; whichever |
| 凡 | fán | ordinary; commonplace |
| 横直 (橫直) | héng zhí | (colloquial) whatever; come what may |
| 好歹 | hǎo dǎi | good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence |
| 怎么着 (怎麼著) | zěn me zhāo | what?; how? |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不论.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
See also: Japanese symbol for “whatever”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.