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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
- used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
wàn- surname Wan
wàn- ten thousand
- a great number
bān- sort
- kind
- class
- way
- manner
- used in 般若[bo1re3]
pán- see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- not to have
- no
- none
- not
- to lack
- un-
- -less
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