# 怪不得 (guàibude)

In Mandarin Chinese, 怪不得 (guàibude) means “(adverb) no wonder; that explains it”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adverb) no wonder; that explains it
- Pinyin: guàibude (guai4 bu5 de5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 怪不得他没来，原来是生病了。
  Guàibude tā méi lái, yuánlái shì shēngbìng le.
  No wonder he didn't come; it turns out he was sick.

## Characters

- [怪](https://hanziro.com/word/guai-strange/) (guài): strange; odd
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [得](https://hanziro.com/word/de-complement-marker/) (de): (particle) complement marker

https://hanziro.com/word/guai-bu-de-no-wonder/

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