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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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

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
- - 4,217 6,682 4,356

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A man 大 with spirit 示

Other Words Containing

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
- - 4,217 6,682 4,356
无奈 5 5 15,152 2,436 1,697
康奈尔 - - 17,037 - 118,709
奈何 - - 23,341 15,669 9,568
无可奈何 6 9 26,868 12,877 12,391
西奈 - - 28,309 71,441 34,679
奈良 - - 33,445 58,734 30,838
莫奈 - - 33,692 87,919 55,328
林奈 - - 55,171 - -
奈洛比 - - 63,145 - -
钦奈 - - 83,330 - -
万般无奈 - - 98,864 42,370 46,938