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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): naan4 gwaai3
- Gan (Wiktionary): lan4 'guai4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàn-koai
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-koài / lân-kòe
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-koai
- Hakka Romanization System: nanˇ guai
- Hagfa Pinyim: nan2 guai4
- Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Verb
難怪
- to be hard to blame; to be understandable
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): naan4 gwaai3
- Gan (Wiktionary): lan4 guai
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6ne-kua
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- 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/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Adverb
難怪
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 |