莫怪
Chinese
| do not; there is none who | queer; to blame | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (莫怪) | 莫 | 怪 | |
| simp. #(莫怪) | 莫 | 怪 | |
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo̍k-koai
- Hakka Romanization System: mog guai
- Hagfa Pinyim: mog6 guai4
- Sinological IPA: /mok̚⁵ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: mogˋ guaiˇ
- Sinological IPA: /mok² kuai¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-koài
- Tâi-lô: bo̍k-kuài
- Phofsit Daibuun: bogkoaix
- IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kuai²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kuai⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kuai²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kuai¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kuai²¹/
- (Hokkien)
Adverb
莫怪
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
- “莫怪”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- “Entry #12426”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.