无
可
奈
何

Have no way out in Chinese: 无可奈何 (wú kě nài hé)

wú kě nài hé

have no way out

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 無可奈何1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1have no way out
  2. 2have no alternative
  3. 3abbr. to 无奈

Stroke order

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无
可
奈
何

Zhuyin

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ㄨˊ

wú

ㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄎㄜˇ

kě

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˇ/ third tone

ㄋㄞˋ

nài

ㄋ/ nㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄜˊ

hé

ㄏ/ hㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

无可奈何

Simplified

無可奈何

Traditional

Example sentences

See 无可奈何 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 看着孩子哭，她无可奈何地叹气。

    kàn zhe hái zi kū， tā wú kě nài hé dì tàn qì。

    Watching the child cry, she sighed helplessly.

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Related words

无

wú

not to have

可

kě

(prefix) can

可能

kě néng

might (happen)

可以

kě yǐ

can

可爱

kě ài

adorable

可怜

kě lián

pitiful

可是

kě shì

but

可惜

kě xī

it is a pity

任何

rèn hé

any

无聊

wú liáo

bored

无论

wú lùn

no matter what or how

何必

hé bì

there is no need

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