怪不得

Chinese

		queer; to blame	must not; should not; not be allowed must not; should not; not be allowed; to not receive
simp. and trad. (怪不得)		怪	不得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàibude

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai³ bat¹ dak¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koài-put-tit / koài-put-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàibude
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàibůde̊
    • Wade–Giles: kuai⁴-pu⁵-tê⁵
    • Yale: gwài-bu-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaybu.de
    • Palladius: гуайбудэ (guajbudɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ d̥ə¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai³ bat¹ dak¹
    • Yale: gwaai bāt dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai³ bat⁷ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai³ bed¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-put-tit
    • Tâi-lô: kuài-put-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koae'putdid
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koài-put-tek
    • Tâi-lô: kuài-put-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koae'putdeg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuai²¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²/

Adverb

怪不得

1. no wonder; small wonder

Synonyms

• 難怪／难怪 (nánguài)
• (Cantonese, Hakka) 唔怪得
• (Cantonese) 唔怪之得
• (Jin) 怨不得
• (Hokkien) 莫怪

Verb

怪不得

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 怪 (guài),‎ 不得.
   1. to be not able to blame

See also

• (Cantonese) 怪唔得