奈 — Chinese character
奈
nài
but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure
- Pinyin
- nài
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 大 示
- Formation
- ideographic — A man 大 with spirit 示
- Japanese
- 奈 as a kanji
Common words with 奈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无奈 (無奈) | wú nài | to have no alternative; frustrated |
| 奈何 | nài hé | to do something to sb; to deal with |
| 无可奈何 (無可奈何) | wú kě nài hé | have no way out; have no alternative |
| 奈米 | nài mǐ | (Tw) nanometer; nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale") |
| 怎奈 | zěn nài | (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however |
| 林奈 | lín nài | Carl Linnaeus; Carl Linné |
| 万般无奈 (萬般無奈) | wàn bān wú nài | to have no way out; to have no alternative |
| 没奈何 (沒奈何) | mò nài hé | to have no alternative; to be helpless |
| 莫可奈何 | mò kě nài hé | see 无可奈何 (wú kě nài hé) |
| 山奈 | shān nài | (loanword) cyanide; variant of 山柰 (shān nài) |
| 奈培 | nài péi | neper (unit of ratio, Np) |
| 奈秒 | nài miǎo | nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Tw); PRC equivalent: 纳秒 (nà miǎo) |
English words written with 奈
奈 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Zhuangzi 19
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 26
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 74
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
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