不要紧
bù​yào​jǐn HSK4

never mind

不要紧 (不要緊) bù​yào​jǐn
never mind adverb
it does not matter; used to reassure someone

不要紧，这点小事我能处理。

bù​yào​jǐn, zhè diǎn xiǎo​shì wǒ néng chǔ​lǐ.

It's okay; I can handle this little matter.

not serious adverb
not significant or dangerous; unimportant

他的伤势不要紧，休息几天就会好。

tā de shāng​shì bù​yào​jǐn, xiū​xi jǐ tiān jiù huì hǎo.

His injury isn't serious; he'll be fine after a few days of rest.

seemingly fine adverb
appearing to be alright, but leading to an unexpected or negative consequence

他这一走不要紧，却让大家等了三个小时。

tā zhè yī zǒu bù​yào​jǐn, què ràng dà​jiā děng le sān gè xiǎo​shí.

It would have been one thing if he had just left, but he kept everyone waiting for three hours.

it does not matter adverb
an idiomatic expression meaning it is not serious, it does not matter, or it is not urgent

Frequency
Movie subtitles
11.0 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
4.39 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICTAI-generated definitions
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)