HSK 4 · Function Words

无论 wúlùn “no matter what or how” in Chinese

Traditional 無論

What 无论 means

  1. no matter what or how
  2. regardless of whether…

How to say 无论

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale论lùn4th tone, falling

无论 in a sentence

  1. 无论我做什么，你都不高兴。

    Wúlùn wǒ zuò shénme, nǐ dōu bù gāoxìng.

    Whatever I do, you’re never happy.

    Sentence #5613700 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 无论刮风还是下雨，比赛都会继续进行下去。

    Wúlùn guāfēng háishi xiàyǔ, bǐsài dōu huì jìxù jìnxíng xiàqù.

    The game will be played rain or shine.

    Sentence #7780131 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 无论发生什么我都不会改主意的。

    Wúlùn fāshēng shénme wǒ dōu búhuì gǎi zhǔyi de.

    No matter what happens, I won’t change my mind.

    Sentence #10252134 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 无论 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng
The character 论 (lùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
论lùnopinion
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 仑logical reasons · lún

How to write 无论

无 4 strokes · 论 6 strokes

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无论 (wúlùn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 无论 (wúlùn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 无论

Words with 无

无wú · not to have无聊wúliáo · bored无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无数wúshù · countless无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless无辜wúgū · innocent

Words with 论

讨论tǎolùn · to discuss辩论biànlùn · debate议论yìlùn · to comment争论zhēnglùn · to argue论文lùnwén · paper理论lǐlùn · theory结论jiélùn · conclusion论证lùnzhèng · to prove评论pínglùn · to comment on言论yánlùn · speech

More words: Particles & Connectors

台tái · measure word for machines (a TV挺tǐng · quite完全wánquán · complete往往wǎngwǎng · usually许多xǔduō · many呀ya · (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel要是yàoshi · if也许yěxǔ · perhaps

FAQs

无论 (wúlùn) means “no matter what or how” or “regardless of whether…”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it wúlùn: wú with a 2nd tone, then lùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 无论 is written 無論. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wulun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无论 from the suggestions. Typing wulun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无论 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.