Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- nài
English
- but, how
- used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary)
- bear, stand, endure
- used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words
As a component in · 29
Variants
Words containing 奈
- 無奈mou4 noi6
to have no alternative
- 奈何noi6 ho4
to do something to sb
- 奈米noi6 mai5
(Tw) nanometer
- 無可奈何mou4 ho2 noi6 ho4
have no way out
- 奈何橋noi6 ho4 kiu4
Lethe Bridge. A bridge on Lethe in folklore religion. It is said that there is a god called Meng Po, who is the Lady of Forgetfulness. Once dead people walk over the bridge and have the soup from Meng Po, they will forget anything and born again.
- 西奈sai1 noi6
Sinai Peninsula
- 山奈saan1 noi6
(loanword) cyanide
- 科奈fo1 noi6
Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska
- 奈飛noi6 fei1
Netflix, American entertainment company
- 林奈lam4 noi6
Carl Linnaeus
- 基奈gei1 noi6
Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)
- 莫奈mok6 noi6
Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
- 冇奈何mou5 noi6 ho4
have no other options
- 奈秒noi6 miu5
nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Tw)
- 奈曼noi6 maan6
Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
- 怎奈zam2 noi6
(often used in early vernacular) but alas; however
- 奈良noi6 loeng4
Nara (prefecture and city in Japan)
- 奈河橋noi6 ho4 kiu4
Lethe Bridge. A bridge on Lethe in folklore religion. It is said that there is a god called Meng Po, who is the Lady of Forgetfulness. Once dead people walk over the bridge and have the soup from Meng Po, they will forget anything and born again.
- 奈培noi6 pui4
neper (unit of ratio, Np)
- 欽奈jam1 noi6
Chennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu 泰米爾納德邦|泰米尔纳德邦[Tai4 mi3 er3 Na4 de2 bang1]
- 山奈鉀saan1 noi6 gaap3
potassium cyanide KCN
- 超無奈ciu1 mou4 noi6
- 香奈兒hoeng1 noi6 ji4
Chanel (brand name)
- 迫於無奈bik1 jyu1 mou4 noi6
to have no choice but to do something; to be forced to do something due to circumstances out of one's control; to turn to a last resort