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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
论 lùn
debate; discussion
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “whatever”

WordPinyinMeaning
任何rèn héany; whatever; whichever
凡fánordinary; commonplace
横直 (橫直)héng zhí(colloquial) whatever; come what may
好歹hǎo dǎigood and bad; most unfortunate occurrence
怎么着 (怎麼著)zěn me zhāowhat?; how?

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不论.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
理论 (理論)lǐ lùntheory; 个 (gè)
讨论 (討論)tǎo lùnto discuss; to talk over
无论 (無論)wú lùnno 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.

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