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

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

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

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

See also

(Cantonese) 怪唔得

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