Keyword
but
- how
- to bear
- to stand
- to endure
- Frequency
- #2032
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
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Mnemonic
A man 大 with spirit 示
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
无奈
to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
奈
used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words
奈何
to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail
无可奈何
have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈 (wúnài)
香奈儿
Chanel (brand name)
西奈
Sinai Peninsula
奈良
Nara (prefecture and city in Japan)
西奈半岛
Sinai Peninsula
康奈尔
Cornell (University)
康奈尔大学
Cornell University
莫奈
Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
奈米
(Tw) nanometer; nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale")
奈洛比
Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
怎奈
(often used in early vernacular) but alas; however
西奈山
Mount Sinai
奈及利亚
(Tw) Nigeria
神奈川
Kanagawa (prefecture in Japan)
钦奈
Chennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu 泰米尔纳德邦 (Tàimǐ'ěrNàdébāng); formerly called Madras 马德拉斯 (Mǎdélāsī)
奈曼旗
Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通辽 (Tōngliáo), Inner Mongolia
林奈
Carl Linnaeus; Carl Linné
万般无奈
to have no way out; to have no alternative
没奈何
to have no alternative; to be helpless
山奈
(loanword) cyanide