# 难怪 (nánguài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 难怪 (nánguài) means “(adverb) no wonder; not surprising”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adverb) no wonder; not surprising
- Pinyin: nánguài (nan2 guai4)
- Traditional: 難怪
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 难怪他迟到了，原来是路上堵车。
  Nánguài tā chídào le, yuánlái shì lùshang dǔchē.
  No wonder he was late; it turned out there was a traffic jam.

## Characters

- [难](https://hanziro.com/word/nan-difficult/) (nán): difficult
- [怪](https://hanziro.com/word/guai-strange/) (guài): strange; odd

https://hanziro.com/word/nan-guai-no-wonder/

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