used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary) / used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words

= + : Napoleon (n) wants to put his guideon (示) on the peak of Mount Sinai (奈) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4), but the robot (大) normally responsible for carrying his guideon is broken. Without any better option (奈) Napoleon will have to carry up the guideon himself.

奈 character breakdown

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
to show / to reveal

= + : A standard or guidon, as used in the military. Sherlock Holmes tries out his new guidon in the space station's bathroom. The standard features a capacitor and a daisy.
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

= + : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 奈 as component

naphthalene C10H8
to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4])
neptunium (chemistry) (Tw)
you (dialect)

Words with 奈

Linezolid, a synthetic antibiotic
Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)
neper (unit of ratio, Np)
Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Tw) / PRC equivalent: 納秒|纳秒[na4 miao3]
(Tw) nanometer / nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale")
Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history
Nara prefecture in central Japan

Sentences with 奈