Definition

1. Preposition/Conjunction:
   • Irrespective of, regardless of: Used to indicate that something is true or happens without being affected by a particular condition or factor. It introduces a clause or phrase that is dismissed as irrelevant.
   • No matter: Functions similarly to introduce a concessive clause, emphasizing that the following circumstance does not change the main statement.

Usage Examples

• Preposition/Conjunction:
  • Bất kể già trẻ gái trai, ai cũng có nhiệm vụ bảo vệ tổ quốc. (Everyone, irrespective of age and sex, has the duty to defend the fatherland.)
  • Anh ấy vẫn sẽ làm, bất kể khó khăn. (He will still do it, regardless of the difficulties.)
  • Bất kể ngày đêm, công việc vẫn tiếp diễn. (Day or night, the work continues.)

Advanced Usage

• "bất kể" as a fixed phrase: Often used at the beginning of a sentence to strongly emphasize the irrelevance of the following conditions to the main action or state.
  • Bất kể chuyện gì xảy ra, hãy giữ bình tĩnh. (No matter what happens, stay calm.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bất chấp (preposition/conjunction): Despite, in defiance of. Often implies a stronger sense of conscious disregard or opposition.

  • Bất chấp mưa gió, họ vẫn lên đường. (Despite the storm, they still set out.)

• Cho dù (conjunction): Even if, although. More commonly used in concessive clauses.

  • Cho dù trời mưa, tôi vẫn đi. (Even if it rains, I will still go.)

Synonyms

• Regardless of: Without regard or consideration for.
• Irrespective of: Not taking (something) into account.
• No matter: Used to say that something is true or happens in all possible circumstances.

Related Idioms

• Chạy bất kể: An idiomatic phrase meaning "to run for dear life" or "to run in a panic without regard for direction."
  • Sợ hết hồn, chạy bất kể. (Frightened out of one's wits, to run for dear life.)

1. Irrespective of, regardless of
   • bất kể già trẻ gái trai, ai cũng có nhiệm vụ bảo vệ tổ quốc
     everyone, irrespective of age and sex, has the duty to defend the fatherland
   • bất kể ngày đêm
     day or night
2. Regardless of everything
   • sợ hết hồn, chạy bất kể
     to run for dear life, frightened out of one's wits