奈何
noi6 ho4nài hé
English
- to do something to sb
- to deal with
- to cope
- how?
- to no avail
- unfortunate; pitiful; a helpless situation
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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