Difference between revisions of "Expressing "no matter" with "wulun""

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=== Books ===
 
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* New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) pp.145
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* Boya Chinese Upper Intermediate 1(博雅汉语中级冲刺篇) pp.115
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* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7301075316/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=7301075316 Boya Chinese: Intermediate Spurt I](博雅汉语中级冲刺篇) p.115

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无论 (wúlùn) means no "no matter", and is generally used in the first part of the sentence. As with many other constructions, 都 and 也 can be used in the second part of the sentence to emphasize the action or decision will not change.

For example:

  • 无论 怎么样,他 都 会 放弃,别 高估 他。
  • 无论 多么 成功,他 总 觉得 自己 很 失败。
  • 无论 你 到 哪儿 我 都 会 跟着 你 走。
  • 无论 你 说 还是 不 说,结果 都 一样。

As we can see from the example sentences, 不管 is often used with 是 X 还是 Y, "Verb 不 Verb" and interrogative pronouns like 多少 and 什么.

无论如何 is a useful set phrase, meaning "no matter what".


Sources and further reading

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