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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-nai
- Hakka Romanization System: moˇ nai
- Hagfa Pinyim: mo2 nai4
- Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ nai̯⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- 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/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Verb
無奈
- to be without an alternative; to be helpless
Conjunction
無奈