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

• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: nanˇ 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

• 怪不得 (guàibude)
• (Sichuan) 難怪不得／难怪不得
• (Cantonese, Hakka) 唔怪得
• (Cantonese) 唔怪之得, 怪唔得, 唔怪得之, 怪唔之得, 怪唔得之
• (Jin) 怨不得
• (Hokkien) 莫怪