怪
不
得

No wonder! in Chinese: 怪不得 (guài bu de)

guài bu de

no wonder!

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1no wonder!
  2. 2so that's why!

Stroke order

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怪
不
得

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨㄞˋ

guài

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

˙ㄉㄜ

de

˙/ neutral toneㄉ/ dㄜ/ e

Example sentences

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  • 这家商店人员的态度特好，怪不得顾客也好多。

    zhè jiā shāng diàn rén yuán de tài dù tè hǎo， guài bù dé gù kè yě hǎo duō。

    The staff in this shop are really friendly. It's no wonder they've got so much custom.

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Related words

不

bù

no

得

dé

to obtain

怪

guài

bewildering

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

记得

jì de

to remember

奇怪

qí guài

strange

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

获得

huò dé

to obtain

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