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怪不得

gwaai3 bat1 dak1

guai4 bu4 de2

no wonder | Cant.: 唔怪得; 唔怪之得; 唔怪得之

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,700,000

怪不得

怪 gwaai3 guai4 - strange; unusual; odd
不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
得 dak1 de2 de5 dei3 - get; obtain; need

This word was added by claw on 23rd Jul 2004 and last edited on 2nd Feb 2007

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