wú nài

Traditional: 無奈

HSK 5

无奈 (wú nài) is a Chinese word meaning “to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated”.

Meanings

  1. 1to have no alternative
  2. 2frustrated
  3. 3exasperated
  4. 4helpless
  5. 5(conjunction) but unfortunately
Part of speech
verb, conjunction

Characters in 无奈

无mó · used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]奈nài · used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary)

Related words

无法unable to; incapable of无used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]无not to have无论no matter what or how毫无not in the least无聊bored无关unrelated无辜innocent无所谓to be indifferent无论如何(idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means毫无疑问certainty别无选择to have no other choice

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