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难怪 nánguài

难怪 nánguài Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 难怪 nánguài .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nánguài | nan2 guai4
English translation
(it's) no wonder (that...)
(it's) not surprising (that)

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About 难怪 nánguài

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Traditional form

難怪

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 难怪 nánguài

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nán

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhuī represents the meaning and jǐn represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning. The simplified character nán was adapted from the cursive form of the trad

Positional decomposition

又隹

Number of Strokes

10
guài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and shèng represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

忄圣

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 难怪 nánguài

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难怪 nánguài nín 喜欢 xǐhuan de 东西 dōngxī .

No wonder you like hot food.

难怪 nánguài 这么 zhè me lěi !

Small wonder that he was tired!

pēng de 一声 yī shēng 关上门气呼呼 qì hū hū 地走了难怪 nánguài 他会这么 zhè me zuò

He slammed the door and stormed off. I could hardly blame him.

难怪 nánguài 决定 juédìng 参加 cānjiā 辩论 biànlùn ne

Small wonder that he decided to take no part in the debate.

难怪 nánguài Decomposition

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难怪 nánguài Compounds

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