沒關係

See also: 没关系

Chinese

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		have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	concern
trad. (沒關係)		沒	關係
simp. (没关系)		没	关系

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi guānxi, méi guānxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄒㄧ, ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ gwaan¹ hai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi guānxi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi guansi̊
    • Wade–Giles: mei² kuan¹-hsi⁵
    • Yale: méi gwān-syi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei guan.shi
    • Palladius: мэй гуаньси (mɛj guanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi guānxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi guansi
    • Wade–Giles: mei² kuan¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: méi gwān-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei guanshi
    • Palladius: мэй гуаньси (mɛj guanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ gwaan¹ hai⁶
    • Yale: muht gwāan haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ gwaan¹ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ guan¹ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² kʷaːn⁵⁵ hɐi̯²²/

Interjection

沒關係

1. (colloquial) no problem; it doesn't matter; no need to say thanks, apologize or assist (said in reply to an expression of gratitude, regret, willingness to help, etc.)

   沒關係，下次注意就是了。 [MSC, trad.]
   没关系，下次注意就是了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Méiguānxì, xiàcì zhùyì jiù shì le. [Pinyin]

   No problem, just be careful next time.

   忘了拿鑰匙沒關係，我幫你開門。 [MSC, trad.]
   忘了拿钥匙没关系，我帮你开门。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wàng le ná yàoshi méiguānxì, wǒ bāng nǐ kāimén. [Pinyin]

   It's all right if you forgot the key; I will open the door for you.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沒關係 (“it doesn't matter; never mind”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沒關係, 無所謂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	沒事兒
	Taiwan	沒關係, 不要緊, 無所謂
	Malaysia	不要緊
	Singapore	不要緊, 無所謂
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔緊要, 冇關係
	Hong Kong	唔緊要, 冇相干, 唔打緊, 冇所謂
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔緊要, 冇相干
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔緊要, 冇相干, 冇所謂
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	唔緊要
Hakka	Meixian	無關係, 無問題, 唔緊要
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無關係, 無相干
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無要緊, 無關係, 無相干
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無關係, 無相干
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無關係, 無相干
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無關係, 無相干
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無要緊
	Hong Kong	無所謂
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	無要緊, 無佮涉
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	無事計
Southern Min	Xiamen	無要緊, 無關係, 無打緊
	Quanzhou	無打緊, 𣍐要緊
	Zhangzhou	無要緊
	Zhao'an	無要緊
	Taipei	無要緊
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	無要緊
	Kaohsiung	無要緊, 無關係
	Yilan	無要緊, 無關係
	Changhua (Lukang)	無要緊
	Taichung	無要緊
	Tainan	無要緊, 無關係
	Hsinchu	𣍐要緊
	Kinmen	𣍐要緊
	Penghu (Magong)	𣍐要緊
	Penang (Hokkien)	𣍐要緊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𣍐要緊
	Manila (Hokkien)	𣍐要緊
	Chaozhou	無相干
	Shantou	無相干, 無關係, 無所謂, 毋緊要
	Singapore (Teochew)	𣍐要緊, 無相干
	Wenchang	無相干
	Haikou	無相干
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無相干, 無要緊
Wu	Shanghai	嘸沒關係, 勿要緊, 勿搭界, 勿礙 dated
	Suzhou	弗礙
	Jiaxing	勿要緊
	Jiashan	嘸哈, 弗要緊
	Pinghu	嘸哈, 勿要緊
	Haining (Xiashi)	弗要緊, 嘸關係
	Tongxiang	弗要緊
	Haiyan	勿要緊
	Huzhou	弗搭界
	Changxing	弗要緊
	Anji	弗要緊, 嘸關係
	Deqing	弗要緊, 嘸啥關係
	Hangzhou	沒關係
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	否得
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	弗要緊
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	嘸咪關係, 否得
	Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)	弗要緊
	Tonglu	嘸有關係
	Tonglu (Wusheng)	沒關係, 不要緊
	Shaoxing	弗要緊
	Zhuji	弗要緊, 弗得個
	Shengzhou	嘸有關係, 嘸告
	Xinchang	弗要緊, 𣍐得
	Ningbo	弗搭界, 嘸告, 嘸相干 dated
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	弗要緊, 嘸告
	Ningbo (Fenghua)	嘸關係個, 嘸告個
	Yuyao	嘸告個
	Cixi	嘸告
	Xiangshan	嘸告
	Ninghai	嘸不關係, 嘸告
	Zhoushan (Dinghai)	嘸告
	Jinhua	弗要緊
Xiang	Changsha	現話得, 冇得何裡

• 不要緊／不要紧 (bùyàojǐn)
• 沒事／没事 (méishì), 沒事兒／没事儿 (méishìr)
• 沒問題／没问题 (méiwèntí)
• 沒什麼／没什么 (méishénme)
• (Cantonese) 冇問題／冇问题, 冇關係／冇关系, 唔緊要／唔紧要, 唔打緊／唔打紧, 冇緊要／冇紧要, 冇相干, 冇事
• (Hakka, Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) 無要緊／无要紧
• (Hakka, Teochew) 無相干
• (Hakka) 無關係／无关系, 毋怕
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 袂要緊／袂要紧, 無打緊／无打紧, 無啥物／无啥物, 毋畏, 無哪仔／无哪仔, 無哪貨仔／无哪货仔
• (Wu) 嘸沒關係／呒没关系, 勿要緊個／勿要紧个

Verb

沒關係

1. to have nothing to do with; to matter little; to be irrelevant

Synonyms

• 不相干 (bùxiānggān)
• 不切題／不切题 (bùqiètí)
• (Cantonese) 冇關係／冇关系, 冇相干
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 無相干, 無關係／无关系, 無干過／无干过, 無底代／无底代

Antonyms

• 有關係／有关系 (yǒu guānxi)