怎奈 zěnnài but alas Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 怎奈 zěnnài but alas but; however; unfortunately; often used in early vernacular or literature to express a sense of helplessness, similar to 无奈 wúnài how can one deal with how can one do something about or cope with a situation or person Frequency Written text 0.725 per million Cross-References Synonym 无奈 wúnàiReferenced by 奈 nài可奈 kěnàiSame as 争奈 zhēngnài Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
怎奈 zěnnài but alas but; however; unfortunately; often used in early vernacular or literature to express a sense of helplessness, similar to 无奈 wúnài how can one deal with how can one do something about or cope with a situation or person Frequency Written text 0.725 per million Cross-References Synonym 无奈 wúnàiReferenced by 奈 nài可奈 kěnàiSame as 争奈 zhēngnài Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)