奈 (noi6 | nai4) : deal with

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奈

noi6

nai4

[1] deal with; cope with
[2] (used in rhetorical questions) why

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 4

Radical: 大 (#37)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

奈

This word has been viewed 7845 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Sep 2009 04:38

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無可奈何 mou4 ho2 noi6 ho4 wu2 ke3 nai4 he2 = (saying) have no alternative; have no way out; have Hobson's choice

無奈 mou4 noi6 wu2 nai4 = resign oneself to; cannot help but; but

山奈 saan1 noi6 shan1 nai4 = cyanide; sodium cyanide

奈良 noi6 loeng4 = Nara (prefecture in Japan)

康奈爾 hong1 noi6 ji5 kang1 nai4 er3 = Cornell (U.S. University)

康奈爾大學 hong1 noi6 ji5 daai6 hok6 kang1 nai4 er3 da4 xue2 = Cornell University

奈曼旗 noi6 maan6 kei4 nai4 man4 qi2 = Naiman qi (place in Inner Mongolia)

奈良縣 noi6 loeng4 jyun6 = Nara prefecture in Japan

神奈川縣 san4 noi6 cyun1 jyun6 = [n] Kanagawa prefecture in Japan

奈何 noi6 ho4 nai4 he2 = what's to be done
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Decimal representation of this word: 奈
Unicode code for this character: U+5948 (off-site link)

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