WordTaiwan frequency #18,573
置之不理
ㄓˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ
“ignore completely; leave something unattended and pay no attention to it”
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置
ㄓˋ
To place or put something somewhere; to establish or set up; to buy or acquire; to abandon or discard; to release or pardon.
之
ㄓ
Possessive particle, similar to 的; pronoun for him, her, it, them; verb meaning to go; preposition indicating location or relation.
不
ㄅㄨˋ
Function word; no; not; un-; negative prefix; used to form questions or emphasize a statement; sometimes used for rhythm.
理
ㄌㄧˇ
Reason; logic; truth; to manage; to handle affairs; to tidy up; to pay attention to; inner essence; natural science; texture or grain.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 不會ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋwill not; not going to; cannot; not able to; (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 不同ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊnot the same; different; distinct; not alike.
- 之後ㄓ ㄏㄡˋafter; afterwards; since then; later; from that time on.
- 不過ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋonly; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway; cannot be more (after adjectives); extremely (after adjectives); unable to complete or bear (after verbs)
- 不能ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊcannot; must not; should not; unable to; less capable; inferior ability
- 不要ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋdon't; must not; used to tell someone not to do something; a polite way to advise against an action.
- 之間ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢbetween; among; amid; used after nouns or certain bisyllabic words to indicate a short period of time
- 處理ㄔㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇto handle; to deal with; to process; to treat by a special process; to punish; to sell at reduced prices
- 不斷ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋcontinuously; without interruption; unceasingly; constantly; in a continuous manner
- 不少ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄠˇmany; quite a few; a good number of; not a small amount
- 管理ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧˇto manage; to administer; to supervise; the act of overseeing people, operations, or resources to achieve goals.
- 之前ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand; earlier than a given time.