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HSK 7–9 grammar · conjunction

别管⋯⋯,都⋯⋯

别管⋯⋯,都⋯⋯ — no matter …, still …

Pattern

+ +
or: A 还是 B
( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after

How it works

别管 is the colloquial twin of 不管: whatever the variable turns out to be, the result is unchanged. The first clause must leave the value open — a question word, or an "A or B" pair — and the second takes 都 or 也.

Examples

别管多晚,都给我打个电话。
Biéguǎn duō wǎn, dōu gěi wǒ dǎ ge diànhuà.
However late it is, call me.
别管他同意不同意,我们都要去。
Biéguǎn tā tóngyì bù tóngyì, wǒmen dōu yào qù.
Whether he agrees or not, we're going.

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See it in a story

In the app, 别管⋯⋯,都⋯⋯ is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.