不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不管
bùguǎn
to not care about; to not look after
Characters in this word
管 guǎn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 官 official, public servant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我不管这事。 Wǒ bùguǎn zhè shì. I do not handle this matter.
- 你别不管我。 Nǐ bié bùguǎn wǒ. Do not ignore me.
- 他不管孩子。 Tā bùguǎn háizi. He does not look after the child.