無奈

See also: 无奈

Chinese

		not have	how can one help
trad. (無奈)		無	奈
simp. (无奈)		无	奈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúnài

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ noi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-nai
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-nāi / bû-nāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ nai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúnài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnài
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-nai⁴
    • Yale: wú-nài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wunay
    • Palladius: унай (unaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ naɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ noi⁶
    • Yale: mòuh noih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ noi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ noi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ nɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-nai
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ nai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² nai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ nai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-nāi
    • Tâi-lô: bô-nāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boinai
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ nãi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ nãi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-nāi
    • Tâi-lô: bû-nāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² nãi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ nãi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ nãi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² nãi²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² nãi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ nai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô năi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nai³⁵/

Verb

無奈

1. to be without an alternative; to be helpless

Conjunction

無奈

1. however; but

Synonyms

• 但是 (dànshì)