责
怪

To blame in Chinese: 责怪 (zé guài)

zé guài

to blame

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 責怪1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to blame
  2. 2to rebuke

Stroke order

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责
怪

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄜˊ

zé

ㄗ/ zㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄍㄨㄞˋ

guài

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

责怪

Simplified

責怪

Traditional

Example sentences

See 责怪 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 出了问题,大家都责怪他一个人。

    chū le wèn tí, dà jiā dōu zé guài tā yí gè rén。

    When the problem happened, everyone blamed him alone.

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Related words

怪

guài

bewildering

奇怪

qí guài

strange

负责

fù zé

to be in charge of

责任

zé rèn

responsibility

难怪

nán guài

(it's) no wonder (that...)

责备

zé bèi

to blame

指责

zhǐ zé

to criticize

职责

zhí zé

duty

古怪

gǔ guài

strange

怪物

guài wu

monster

怪异

guài yì

monstrous

谴责

qiǎn zé

to denounce

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