无奈 Chinese English dictionary 无奈 translate 无奈 pinyin

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无奈

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
无奈 wúnài	无奈 \| 无奈* \| *无奈	to have no alternative / frustrated / exasperated / helpless / (conjunction) but unfortunately	無奈 HSK 5

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
无	无 \| 无* \| *无	4画无 + 0	wú, mó	negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71	mou4	無 1041.0 MKU


奈	奈 \| 奈* \| *奈	8画大 + 5	nài	but, how; bear, stand, endure	noi6	4090.1 KMMF

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
无奈 wúnài	无奈 \| 无奈* \| *无奈	to have no alternative / frustrated / exasperated / helpless / (conjunction) but unfortunately


无 mó	无 \| 无* \| *无	used in 南無｜南无


无 wú	无 \| 无* \| *无	not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less


奈　nài	奈 \| 奈* \| *奈	used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈｜无奈 and 莫可奈何 (literary) / used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words