無怪
Chinese
| not have | queer; to blame | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (無怪) | 無 | 怪 | |
| simp. (无怪) | 无 | 怪 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mou4 gwaai3
- Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): mao2 gue4
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bho5 guê3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wúguài
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúguài
- Wade–Giles: wu2-kuai4
- Yale: wú-gwài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuguay
- Palladius: угуай (uguaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 gwaai3
- Yale: mòuh gwaai
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 gwaai3
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 guai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: mao2 gue4
- Sinological IPA: /mɔ²⁴ kue⁵⁴/
- (Changting)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bho5 guê3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô kuè
- Sinological IPA (key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue²¹³/
- (Teochew)
Adverb
無怪
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 難怪 (“no wonder”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “冇怪”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 386.