难怪 meaning in English

nánguài

(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)

HSK 7-9adverbverbTraditional 難怪18 strokes

Meaning of 难怪

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

难怪 in example sentences

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

难nán怪guài你nǐ这zhè么me生shēng气qì。
No wonder you're so upset.
难nán怪guài他tā这zhè么me生shēng气qì。
No wonder he is so angry.
难nán怪guài连lián他tā自zì己jǐ都dōu害hài怕pà这zhè个ge字zì眼yǎn儿er了le。
No wonder that even he feared this word himself.
难nán怪guài我wǒ们men没méi有yǒu办bàn法fǎ说shuō话huà。
No wonder we could not speak.
难nán怪guài他tā失shī败bài了le。
It is no wonder that he failed.

Stroke order for each character

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难 nán · difficult · 10 strokes

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怪 guài · odd · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 难怪.

难过nánguòto feel sad; to feel unwell
难受nánshòuto feel unwell; to suffer pain
难看nánkànugly; unsightly
难题nántídifficult problem
难听nántīngunpleasant to hear; coarse
奇怪qíguàistrange; odd
难道nándàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
困难kùnnandifficult; challenging
难度nándùdegree of difficulty
难免nánmiǎnhard to avoid; difficult to escape from
艰难jiānnándifficult; arduous; hard
灾难zāinàndisaster; catastrophe

Questions about 难怪

What does 难怪 mean?

难怪 (nánguài) means "(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)" and is used as a adverb and verb.

How do you write 难怪?

难怪 is made of 2 characters: 难 (10 strokes), 怪 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 难怪 an HSK word?

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

How is 难怪 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 难怪 is written 難怪.