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Grammar · Chapter 37

无论 / 不管…都: no matter what

无论 / 不管 + question,(A) 都 …

无论 and 不管 mean “no matter who / how / how much”; the result keeps 都 before its verb. Inside always goes an open question: 谁, 什么, 多, 好不好. Not 不管天气好, but 不管天气好不好. 不管 is more casual, 无论 more bookish.

Examples

  • 无论谁来都行。 Wúlùn shéi lái dōu xíng. Anyone can come.
  • 不管天气好不好,他都去跑步。 Bùguǎn tiānqì hǎo bu hǎo, tā dōu qù pǎobù. Rain or shine, he goes running.
  • 无论多忙,她每天都学习汉语。 Wúlùn duō máng, tā měi tiān dōu xuéxí Hànyǔ. However busy she is, she studies Chinese every day.

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