不聞不問

Chinese

		not; no	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	not; no	to ask
trad. (不聞不問)		不	聞	不	問
simp. (不闻不问)		不	闻	不	问
Literally: “to neither hear nor question”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùwénbùwèn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ man⁴ bat¹ man⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùwénbùwèn [Phonetic: bùwénbúwèn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwenbuwenn
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùwúnbùwùn
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ wən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ man⁴ bat¹ man⁶
  - Yale: bāt màhn bāt mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ man⁴ bat⁷ man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ men⁴ bed¹ men⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²²/

Idiom

不聞不問

to not bother to ask or to listen; to show no interest in; to be indifferent to

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