不問

See also: 不问

Chinese

		not; no	to ask
trad. (不問)		不	問
simp. (不问)		不	问

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùwèn

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùwèn [Phonetic: búwèn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùwùn
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-wên⁴
  - Yale: bù-wèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buwenn
  - Palladius: бувэнь (buvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ wən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ man⁶
  - Yale: bāt mahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ man⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ men⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ mɐn²²/

Verb

不問

(literary) to pay no attention to; to disregard
不問塵事／不问尘事 ― bùwèn chénshì ― to pay no attention to worldly affairs
- 如實論之，卜筮不問天地，蓍龜未必神靈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  如实论之，卜筮不问天地，蓍龟未必神灵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
  Rúshí lùn zhī, bǔshì bùwèn tiāndì, shīguī wèibì shénlíng. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

不分南北東西，不問張王李趙 / 不分南北东西，不问张王李赵
不問曲直 / 不问曲直
不問東西南北 / 不问东西南北
不問皁白 / 不问皂白
不問青紅白皁 / 不问青红白皂
不問青紅皂白 / 不问青红皂白 (bùwèn qīnghóngzàobái)
不問青紅皁白 / 不问青红皂白 (bùwèn qīnghóngzàobái)
不問青黃 / 不问青黄
不聞不問 / 不闻不问 (bùwénbùwèn)
冷帳不問 / 冷帐不问
置而不問 / 置而不问

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不問):

→ Japanese: 不問(ふもん) (fumon)
→ Korean: 불문(不問) (bulmun)

See also

忽略 (hūlüè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	問
ふ Grade: 4	もん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふもん [fùmóń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟mõ̞ɴ]

Noun

不(ふ)問(もん) • (fumon)

something overlooked
- 2025 June 3, 高良鉄美, quotee, “第217回国会　参議院　外交防衛委員会　第17号　令和7年6月3日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:
  総理を始め政府としては意見を異にしていると聞いていますが、このままの不問の状態でよろしいのでしょうか。
  Sōri o hajime seifu toshite wa iken o koto ni shite iru to kiite i-masu ga, kono mama no fumon no jōtai de yoroshii no deshō ka.
  I understand that the Prime Minister and the government are of differing opinions, but is it okay to leave things as they are and not ask any questions?

References

“不問”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026