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奈noi6何ho4

noi6 ho4nài hé

English

  1. to do something to sb
  2. to deal with
  3. to cope
  4. how?
  5. to no avail
  6. unfortunate; pitiful; a helpless situation

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 表示冇辦法

Examples

  • 虽受邀参加今晚一个精彩万分的派对,奈何明日不得不打起精神出席会议,只好推辞了。

    I got an invitation to a party tonight that I know would be a lot of fun but I have to be in my best form for tomorrow's meeting so I had to turn it down.

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  • 無可奈何

    There is no help for it.

  • 奈何我哋始終都趕唔切。

    It's a pity that we could not arrive on time in the end.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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