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奈

nài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character

What 奈 means

1. used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as {无奈|wú nài} and {莫可奈何|mò kě nài hé} (literary)
2. used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words

Example sentences

• 你去过奈良吗？
  Have you ever been to Nara?
• 奈德来自犹他州。
  Nài dé láizì Yóutāzhōu.
  Ned comes from the state of Utah.
• 他对生活感到很无奈。
  Tā duìshēng huó gǎndào hěn wúnài.
  He feels powerless about his own life.
• 我无奈只得跟随着她。
  Wǒ wúnài zhǐdé gēnsuí zhe tā.
  I couldn't help but follow her.
• 对。您是奈奈子先生？
  Yes, I am. Are you Mr Nakano?
• 我有一个朋友住在奈良。
  Wǒ yǒu yī gè péngyou zhù zài Nàiliáng.
  I have a friend living in Nara.

Words starting with 奈

• 奈何nài héto do something to sb; to deal with; to cope
• 奈良Nài liángNara (prefecture and city in Japan)
• 奈培nài péineper (unit of ratio, Np)
• 奈曼Nài mànNaiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通辽
• 奈秒nài miǎonanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Tw); PRC equivalent: 纳秒
• 奈米nài mǐ(Taiwan) nanometer; nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale")
• 奈飞Nài fēiNetflix, American entertainment company
• 奈曼旗Nài màn qíNaiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通辽
• 奈洛比Nài luò bǐNairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
• 奈及利亚Nài jí lì yà(Taiwan) Nigeria
• 奈良时代Nài liáng Shí dàiNara period (710-794) in early Japanese history

Words containing 奈

• 无奈wú nàito have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated
• 无可奈何wú kě nài héhave no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈
• 万般无奈wàn bān wú nàito have no way out; to have no alternative
• 莫奈Mò nàiClaude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
• 怎奈zěn nài(often used in early vernacular) but alas; however
• 基奈Jī nàiKenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)
• 山奈shān nài(loanword) cyanide; variant of 山柰
• 林奈lín nàiCarl Linnaeus; Carl Linné
• 科奈Kē nàiKenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska
• 西奈Xī nàiSinai Peninsula
• 康奈尔Kāng nài ěrCornell (University)
• 没奈何mò nài héto have no alternative; to be helpless
• 西奈山Xī nài ShānMount Sinai
• 香奈儿Xiāng nài érChanel (brand name)
• 西奈半岛Xī nài Bàn dǎoSinai Peninsula
• 康奈尔大学Kāng nài ěr Dà xuéCornell University
• 格林奈尔大学Gé lín nài ěr Dà xuéGrinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA)
• 神奈川Shén nài chuānKanagawa (prefecture in Japan)
• 钦奈Qīn nàiChennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu 泰米尔纳德邦; formerly called Madras 马德拉斯
• 山奈钾shān nài jiǎpotassium cyanide KCN
• 利奈唑胺Lì nài zuò ànLinezolid, a synthetic antibiotic
• 莫可奈何mò kě nài hésee 无可奈何

Characters that look like 奈

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 余yú(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 奔bēnto hurry; to rush; to run quickly
• 奎kuícrotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
• 侨qiáoemigrant; to reside abroad
• 佘Shésurname She

Sounds the same

Read nài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 耐(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
• 萘naphthalene C10H8
• 螚Eristalis tenax
• 錼neptunium (chemistry) (Tw)
• 柰Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
• 鼐incense tripod
• 褦ignorant; sun hat

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