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nài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nài | nai4
English translation
how can one help
but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure

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About nài

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

nài

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

A man  with spirit  shì

Etymology of nài

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

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Example sentences using nài

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出于 chū yú 无奈 wúnài ,我们 wǒmen zhǐ zhào 要求 yāoqiú de zuò le .

We had no choice but to do what we were asked.

běn jiē 所述测压仪为哈奈2171 xíng .

The manometric apparatus described in this section is the Hach Model

小潘认为 rènwéi zhè 是不讲道理 dàoli 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng de 虐待 nüèdài ,感到 gǎn dào 惊讶 jīngyà 困感 愤怒 fènnù , dàn yòu 无可奈何 wú kě nài hé .

Pen was bewildered with wonder, perplexity, fury, at this monstrous and unreasonable persecution.

显然 xiǎnrán zhǐ de shì qiú 西 约翰 Yuē hàn ne - Fāng tán 迈克尔 Mài kè ěr de 保镖 bǎo biāo 伯特-奈里.

He obviously meant Jules, Lucy, Johnny Fontane and Michael's bodyguard, Albert Neri.

显得 xiǎnde 有点 yǒu diǎn 无可奈何 wú kě nài hé de 样子 yàngzi , sǒng 耸肩 sǒng jiān .

He gave a fatalistic shrug. " Bad luck , " he said to Hagen.

Words with nài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
无奈 wúnài helpless無奈
nài how can one help nài
无可奈何 wú kě nài hé have no way out無可奈何
奈何 nài hé to cope奈何 nài hé
康奈尔 Kāng nài ěr Cornell (US University)康奈爾
西奈 Xī nài Sinai Peninsula西奈 Xī nài
奈良 Nài liáng Nara, an old capital of Japan奈良 Nài liáng
莫奈 Mò nài Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter莫奈 Mò nài
万般无奈 wàn bān wú nài to have no way out萬般無奈

nài Decomposition & Compounds

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nài Decomposition

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nài Compounds

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  • nài
    • nài , , nǎi , nài
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