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
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奈 character breakdown

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big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 奈 as component

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

to do something to sb / to deal with / to cope / how? / to no avail
Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
to have no way out / to have no alternative
neper (unit of ratio, Np)
Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
Linezolid, a synthetic antibiotic
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")
Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)

Sentences with 奈

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