奈何

Chinese

		how can one help	carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which
trad. (奈何)		奈	何
simp. #(奈何)		奈	何

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nàihé

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ ho⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nai-hò
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nāi-hô͘ / nāi-hô / tā-ôa / ta-ôa / tāi-ôa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nai⁶ ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nàihé
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nàihé
    • Wade–Giles: nai⁴-ho²
    • Yale: nài-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nayher
    • Palladius: найхэ (najxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ ho⁴
    • Yale: noih hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² hɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nai-hò
    • Hakka Romanization System: nai hoˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nai⁴ ho²
    • Sinological IPA: /nai̯⁵⁵ ho¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: nāi-hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naixhoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nãi⁴¹⁻²² hɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-hô
    • Tâi-lô: nāi-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naixhooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /nãi³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãi³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nãi²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nãi²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tā-ôa
    • Tâi-lô: tā-uâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ta²²⁻²¹ ua²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ta⁴¹⁻²² ua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta³³⁻²¹ ua²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ta³³⁻¹¹ ua²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta-ôa
    • Tâi-lô: ta-uâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: da'oaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ua²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ua²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ôa
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-uâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixoaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ ua¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nai⁶ ho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: năi hó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nai³⁵⁻¹¹ ho⁵²/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 奈何

1. (literary) how
2. (literary) to no avail

Verb

奈何

1. (literary) to do something to somebody
2. (literary) to deal with; to cope with

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 奈何

1. (literary) way out