Chinese Conversation · Level 24
90 words
Chinese word
难怪
Pronunciation
Pinyinnán guài
Meaning
- adverbno wonder
Example
难怪他今天没来。nán guài tā jīn tiān méi lái
No wonder he did not come today.
More examples
难怪他没通过考试，他最近没复习。nán guài tā méi tōng guò kǎo shì tā zuì jìn méi fù xí
No wonder he did not pass the exam; he has not studied recently.
Core concept
A newly known reason makes an unexpected result fall into place.
Common phrases
难怪会nán guài huì
no wonder it happens
难怪他nán guài tā
no wonder he does
难怪这么nán guài zhè me
no wonder it is so
Similar words
怪不得guài bu de: Expresses understanding when the reason for something becomes known.
原来yuán lái: Signals the discovery of the real fact or reason behind a situation.
Definition in Chinese
表示发现原因后觉得某事合乎情理，不感到奇怪。biǎo shì fā xiàn yuán yīn hòu jué de mǒu shì hé hū qíng lǐ bù gǎn dào qí guài
Word origin
难 (nán, "difficult") + 怪 (guài, "to find strange or blame") frames a result as too well explained to be reasonably treated as strange, which yields the modern sense.
Usage tips
- In everyday speech, it usually introduces the conclusion that now makes sense, while the cause may be stated earlier or supplied by the situation.
Other meanings
- understandablyadverb
Opposites
- 意外地yì wài dìunexpectedlyadverb