怪不得 meaning in English

guàibude

no wonder!; so that's why!

HSK 7-9adverbverb23 strokes

Meaning of 怪不得

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

怪不得 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè家jiā商shāng店diàn人rén员yuán的de态tài度dù特tè好hǎo,怪guài不bù得de顾gù客kè也yě好hǎo多duō。
The staff in this shop are really friendly; no wonder they've got so many customers.

Stroke order for each character

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怪 guài · odd · 8 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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得 dé · to obtain · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 怪不得.

觉得juédeto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
得到dédàoto get; to obtain; to receive
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
记得jìdeto remember
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right

Questions about 怪不得

What does 怪不得 mean?

怪不得 (guàibude) means "no wonder!; so that's why!" and is used as a adverb and verb.

How do you write 怪不得?

怪不得 is made of 3 characters: 怪 (8 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 得 (11 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 怪不得 an HSK word?

Yes. 怪不得 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.