難怪

See also: 难怪

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	queer; to blame
trad. (難怪)		難	怪
simp. (难怪)		难	怪

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ gwaai³
• Gan (Wiktionary): lan⁴ 'guai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàn-koai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-koài / lân-kòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánguài
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-kuai⁴
    • Yale: nán-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguay
    • Palladius: наньгуай (nanʹguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ gwaai³
    • Yale: nàahn gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lan⁴ 'guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lan³⁵ ˈkuai³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: nan^ˇ guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nan² guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-koài
    • Tâi-lô: lân-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lankoaix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ kuai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: lân-kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lankoex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kue⁴¹/

Verb

難怪

1. to be hard to blame; to be understandable

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ gwaai³
• Gan (Wiktionary): lan⁴ guai
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): nàn-koai

  (Meixian, Guangdong): nan² guai⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lân-koài / lân-kòe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ guai³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ne-kua

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánguài
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-kuai⁴
    • Yale: nán-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguay
    • Palladius: наньгуай (nanʹguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ gwaai³
    • Yale: nàahn gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lan⁴ guai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lan³⁵ kuai²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: nan^ˇ guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nan² guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nan² guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ kuaɪ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-koài
    • Tâi-lô: lân-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lankoaix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ kuai¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-kòe
    • Tâi-lô: lân-kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lankoex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kue⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang⁵ guai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng kuài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ne-kua
    • MiniDict: ne^去 kua
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ne-kua
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² kua⁴⁴/

Adverb

難怪

1. no wonder; small wonder

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 難怪 (“no wonder”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		難怪, 怪不得
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	難怪, 怪不得
	Harbin	怪道
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	怪不當的
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	怪不得
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	怪道
	Ürümqi	怪道是, 怪不是
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	怪不得, 怪直不得
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	怪不道, 怪道
Cantonese	Guangzhou	難怪, 唔怪得, 唔怪得之, 唔怪之得, 唔怪之, 唔怪, 怪唔之得, 怪唔得之, 怪唔之, 怪唔得, 怪之得, 怪得之, 怪之, 怪得
	Hong Kong	難怪, 唔怪得, 唔怪之, 唔怪之得, 唔怪得之, 怪唔得, 怪唔之, 怪唔之得, 怪唔得之, 怪之得
	Taishan	唔怪得, 唔怪之
	Dongguan	唔怪得, 唔怪之得, 怪不得
Gan	Nanchang	難怪
	Lichuan	難怪, 怪不得
Hakka	Meixian	難怪, 唔怪得
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	難怪, 莫怪
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	難怪, 莫怪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	難怪, 莫怪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	難怪, 莫怪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	難怪, 莫怪
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	難怪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	難怪, 莫怪
Huizhou	Jixi	難怪, 怪不得
Jin	Taiyuan	怨不得
Southern Min	Xiamen	莫怪, 較加
	Quanzhou	莫怪
	Zhangzhou	莫怪
	Tainan	莫怪, 𣍐怪得, 較加
	Shantou	難怪, 無怪
	Jieyang	無怪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	怪知得
Wu	Shanghai	怪勿得, 難怪
	Danyang	怪弗到
Xiang	Loudi	難怪唧