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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 万般无奈
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 万般无奈 | wàn bān wú nài | - to have no way out - to have no alternative |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 98,864 | 42,370 | 46,938 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 万 | mò | - used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2] |
| 万 | wàn | - surname Wan |
| 万 | wàn | - ten thousand - a great number |
| 般 | bān | - sort - kind - class - way - manner |
| 般 | bō | - used in 般若[bo1re3] |
| 般 | pán | - see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4] |
| 无 | mó | - used in 南無|南无[na1mo2] |
| 无 | wú | - not to have - no - none - not - to lack - un- - -less |
| 奈 | nài | - 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 |
Other Words Containing 万般无奈
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 万般无奈 | - | - | 98,864 | 42,370 | 46,938 |