难
怪

(it's) no wonder (that...) in Chinese: 难怪 (nán guài)

nán guài

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

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 難怪2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1(it's) no wonder (that...)
  2. 2(it's) not surprising (that)

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难
怪

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ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄍㄨㄞˋ

guài

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

难怪

Simplified

難怪

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 难怪我们没有办法说话。

    nán guài wǒ men méi yǒu bàn fǎ shuō huà。

    No wonder we could not speak.

  • 她得了肝炎，难怪越来越瘦了。

    tā dé le gān yán， nán guài yuè lái yuè shòu le。

    She got hepatitis no wonder she is losing so much weight.

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Related words

难

nán

difficult (to...)

怪

guài

bewildering

难过

nán guò

to feel sad

奇怪

qí guài

strange

困难

kùn nan

difficult

难道

nán dào

don't tell me ...

难受

nán shòu

to feel unwell

难看

nán kàn

ugly

难题

nán tí

difficult problem

难听

nán tīng

unpleasant to hear

难度

nán dù

degree of difficulty

难免

nán miǎn

hard to avoid

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