HSK 5 · Emotions

无所谓 wúsuǒwèi “to not matter” in Chinese

Traditional 無所謂

What 无所谓 means

  1. to not matter
  2. to not care
  3. to be indifferent
  4. not to matter
  5. cannot be said to be

How to say 无所谓

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale所suǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale谓wèi4th tone, falling

无所谓 in a sentence

  1. 你做什么都无所谓。

    Nǐ zuò shénme dōu wúsuǒwèi.

    It doesn’t matter what you do.

    Sentence #5911620 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我无所谓。

    Wǒ wúsuǒwèi.

    It doesn’t matter to me.

    Sentence #431470 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他穿衣服一向很随便，颜色、样式都无所谓。

    Tā chuān yīfu yíxiàng hěn suíbiàn, yánsè, yàngshì dōu wúsuǒwèi.

    He always dresses very casually, and doesn’t care about colour or style.

    Sentence #3709354 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 无所谓 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 所 (suǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
所suǒactually
  • 户door · hù
  • 斤axe · jīn
The character 谓 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
谓wèito speak
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 胃stomach · wèiSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 胃 (wèi) hints at the sound. Compare it with wèi.

How to write 无所谓

无 4 strokes · 所 8 strokes · 谓 11 strokes

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

Words related to 无所谓

Words with 无

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

Words with 所

所以suǒyǐ · so厕所cèsuǒ · toilet所有suǒyǒu · all所suǒ · (grammar particle introducing a passive or relative clause)场所chǎngsuǒ · place理所当然lǐsuǒdāngrán · naturally力所能及lìsuǒnéngjí · within one’s ability众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

痛苦tòngkǔ · pain痛快tòngkuài · delighted微笑wēixiào · smile无奈wúnài · to have no alternative消极xiāojí · negative心理xīnlǐ · psychology幸运xìngyùn · fortunate遗憾yíhàn · regret

FAQs

无所谓 (wúsuǒwèi) means “to not matter” or “to not care”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wúsuǒwèi: wú with a 2nd tone, then suǒ with a 3rd tone, then wèi 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, 无所谓 is written 無所謂. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wusuowei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无所谓 from the suggestions. Typing wusuowei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无所谓 is an HSK 5 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.