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
(Pinyin): wúnài

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ noi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-nai
Min Nan (POJ): bô-nāi / bû-nāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúnài
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wunay
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ naɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ noi⁶
  - Yale: mòuh noih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ noi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ noi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ nɔːy̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-nai
  - Hakka Romanization System: moˇ nai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo² nai⁴
  - IPA: /mo¹¹ nai̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-nāi
  - Tâi-lô: bô-nāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boinai
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ nãɪ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ nãɪ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-nāi
  - Tâi-lô: bû-nāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² nãɪ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ nãɪ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² nãɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² nãɪ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ nãɪ³³/

Adjective

無奈

without an alternative; helpless

Synonyms

不得已 (bùdéyǐ)
(archaic) 不獲已／不获已 (bùhuòyǐ)
(Min Nan) 姑不將／姑不将

Adverb

無奈

unfortunately

Conjunction

無奈

however; but

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