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難怪

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

Adverb

難怪

no wonder; small wonder

Synonyms

怪不得 (guàibude)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nánguài

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ gwaai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàn-koai
Min Nan (POJ): lân-koài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nánguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguay
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naan⁴ gwaai³
  - Yale: nàahn gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ gwaai³
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːn²¹ kʷɑːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-koai
  - Hakka Romanization System: nanˇ guai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nan² guai⁴
  - IPA: /nan¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-koài
  - Tâi-lô: lân-kuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lankoaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ kuai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ kuai²¹/