# 難怪
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nánguài
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naan$^4$ gwaai$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): lan$^4$ 'guai$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàn-koai
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-koài / lân-kòe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nánguài
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nánguài
*** Wade–Giles: nan$^2$-kuai$^4$
*** Yale: nán-gwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguay
*** Palladius: наньгуай (nanʹguaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /nän³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naan$^4$ gwaai$^3$
*** Yale: nàahn gwaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naan$^4$ gwaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nan$^4$ guai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːn²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: lan$^4$ 'guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lan³⁵ ˈkuai³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-koai
*** Hakka Romanization System: nan$^ˇ$ guai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: nan$^2$ guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-koài
*** Tâi-lô: lân-kuài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lankoaix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ kuai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ kuai¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-kòe
*** Tâi-lô: lân-kuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lankoex
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kue⁴¹/

#### Verb

難怪
* to be hard to blame; to be understandable

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nánguài
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naan$^4$ gwaai$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): lan$^4$ guai
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): nàn-koai
    (Meixian, Guangdong): nan$^2$ guai$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lân-koài / lân-kòe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lang$^5$ guai$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ne-kua
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nánguài
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nánguài
*** Wade–Giles: nan$^2$-kuai$^4$
*** Yale: nán-gwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguay
*** Palladius: наньгуай (nanʹguaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /nän³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naan$^4$ gwaai$^3$
*** Yale: nàahn gwaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naan$^4$ gwaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nan$^4$ guai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːn²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: lan$^4$ guai
*** Sinological IPA : /lan³⁵ kuai²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-koai
*** Hakka Romanization System: nan$^ˇ$ guai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: nan$^2$ guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: nan$^2$ guai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ kuaɪ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-koài
*** Tâi-lô: lân-kuài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lankoaix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ kuai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ kuai¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-kòe
*** Tâi-lô: lân-kuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lankoex
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kue⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lang$^5$ guai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng kuài
*** Sinological IPA : /laŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuai²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ne-kua
*** MiniDict: ne$^去$ kua
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ne-kua
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² kua⁴⁴/

#### Adverb

難怪
* no wonder; small wonder

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 難怪, 怪不得 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 難怪, 怪不得 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 怪道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 怪不當的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 怪不得 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 怪道 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 怪道是, 怪不是 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 怪不得, 怪直不得 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 怪不道, 怪道 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 難怪, 唔怪得, 唔怪得之, 唔怪之得, 唔怪之, 唔怪, 怪唔之得, 怪唔得之, 怪唔之, 怪唔得, 怪之得, 怪得之, 怪之, 怪得 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 難怪, 唔怪得, 唔怪之, 唔怪之得, 唔怪得之, 怪唔得, 怪唔之, 怪唔之得, 怪唔得之, 怪之得 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔怪得, 唔怪之 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 唔怪得, 唔怪之得, 怪不得 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 難怪 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 難怪, 怪不得 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 難怪, 唔怪得 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 難怪, 莫怪 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 難怪, 莫怪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 難怪, 莫怪 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 難怪, 莫怪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 難怪, 莫怪 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 難怪 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 難怪, 莫怪 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 難怪, 怪不得 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 怨不得 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 莫怪, 較加 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 莫怪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 莫怪 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 莫怪, 𣍐怪得, 較加 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 難怪, 無怪 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 無怪 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 怪知得 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 怪勿得, 難怪 |
| Wu | Danyang | 怪弗到 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 難怪唧 |