無論

無論

1. no matter (what, how, etc.); regardless of; whether

   無論你想吃中國菜還是日本料理，自助餐都會有你喜歡的。 [MSC, trad.]
   无论你想吃中国菜还是日本料理，自助餐都会有你喜欢的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wúlùn nǐ xiǎng chī Zhōngguócài háishì Rìběn liàolǐ, zìzhùcān dōu huì yǒu nǐ xǐhuān de. [Pinyin]

   Whether you want Chinese or Japanese food, the buffet will have what you like.

2. let alone; not to mention; much less

   • 問今是何世，乃不知有漢，無論魏晉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     问今是何世，乃不知有汉，无论魏晋。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 421, Tao Yuanming (陶淵明) The Peach-Blossom Fountain (《桃花源記》). English text based on the translation by Herbert Allen Giles, 1922.

     Wèn jīn shì héshì, nǎi bùzhī yǒu Hàn, wúlùn Wèi Jìn. [Pinyin]

     They then enquired about the politics of the day, ignorant of the establishment of the Han dynasty, and of course of the later dynasties which had succeeded it.

• (no matter):

• (let alone):

無論

1. (literary) to not investigate

   • 上曰：「游擊將軍死事，無論坐者。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上曰：“游击将军死事，无论坐者。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Shàng yuē: “Yóujī Jiāngjūn sǐ shì, wúlùn zuò zhě.” [Pinyin]

     "As for the death of the General Youji, do not investigate anyone implicated therein," said the Emperor.

From Middle Chinese 無論 (MC mɨo luən^H, literally “without discussion, no argument”). Compare modern Hakka mò-lun or Cantonese mou⁴ leon⁶.

• (Tokyo) むろん [mùróń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾõ̞ɴ]

無(む)論(ろん) • (muron) 

1. no doubt, naturally, of course, it goes without saying

   無論(むろん)こんな馬鹿(ばか)なことはありえない。

   Muron konna baka na koto wa arienai.

   It goes without saying that this kind of idiotic thing simply cannot be.

無(む)論(ろん) • (muron) 

1. something that is clearly the case

   あれは無論(むろん)ですね。

   Are wa muron desu ne.

   That is clearly the case.

More commonly used as an adverb.

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan