{"id":4568,"date":"2019-11-19T17:27:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-wordsvocabulary\/the-expressions-that-chinese-like-to-use-to-express-i-dont-care\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T17:27:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:27:30","slug":"the-expressions-that-chinese-like-to-use-to-express-i-dont-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/the-expressions-that-chinese-like-to-use-to-express-i-dont-care\/","title":{"rendered":"The expressions that Chinese like to use to express \u201cI don\u2019t care!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
I can’t remember how many times in a day my preteen daughter would use her favorite line – “I don’t care!” to answer my questions, or give comment on a<\/em>bout anything, but I do remember how many times that line of her is happily received in my ear: ZERO! However, that does make me think that does the equivalent ex<\/em>pression of “I don’t care!” in Chinese is used as often as it in English?<\/p>\n

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Honestly, I don’t feel like so. In mandarin, there are quite a few common ways to say “I don’t care!” But I can’t think of one as predominantly used as “I don’t care.” in English. Regardless, it is for sure a very useful ex<\/em>pression for Chinese learners to grasp. The first one that pops out of my head is “\u7ba1\u4ed6\u5462 gu\u01cen t\u0101 ne!”<\/p>\n

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For example,<\/p>\n

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    ” w\u01d2men zhèyàng zuò t\u0101 huì bù g\u0101oxìng de\u3002”<\/p>\n

    “\u6211\u4eec\u8fd9\u6837\u505a\u5979\u4f1a\u4e0d\u9ad8\u5174\u7684\u3002”<\/p>\n

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    ” gu\u01cen t\u0101 ne!”<\/p>\n

    “\u7ba1\u4ed6\u5462!”<\/p>\n

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    “She will not be happy if we do so.”<\/p>\n

    “I don’t care!”<\/p>\n

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“\u7ba1\u4ed6\u5462 gu\u01cen t\u0101 ne!” stresses that you are truly NOT care. The tone is rather indifferent.<\/p>\n

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You can also say:”\u6211\u4e0d\u5728\u4e4e w\u01d2 bùzàihu\u3002” This ex<\/em>pression is softer. In some cases, it implies that you might actually care, but pretend to be “not care”.<\/p>\n

Another ex<\/em>pression you can use to say “I don’t care.” is “\u65e0\u6240\u8c13 wúsu\u01d2wèi\u3002” This ex<\/em>pression does not carry any emotion element. It simply means “To me it really doesn’t matter at all.”<\/p>\n

Do you know any Chinese ex<\/em>pressions we can use to tell people “I don’t care!” Feel free to share, thanks!
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