无奈 wúnài HSK5 helpless Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 无奈 無奈 wúnài helpless Having no alternative or choice; frustrated and without any way out; can also be used as a noun meaning a state of helplessness. unfortunately Used as an adverb to indicate that something is regrettable or cannot be helped but Used as a conjunction to introduce a clause explaining why a wish or plan was not realized, often with a sense of regret Frequency Movie subtitles 1.85 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 51.6 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Cross-References Same as 无可奈何 wúkěnàihé争奈 zhēngnàiReferenced by 奈 nàiSynonym 无奈何 wúnàihé无如 wúrú怎奈 zěnnàiHas abbreviation 莫可奈何 mòkěnàihé Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
无奈 無奈 wúnài helpless Having no alternative or choice; frustrated and without any way out; can also be used as a noun meaning a state of helplessness. unfortunately Used as an adverb to indicate that something is regrettable or cannot be helped but Used as a conjunction to introduce a clause explaining why a wish or plan was not realized, often with a sense of regret Frequency Movie subtitles 1.85 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 51.6 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Cross-References Same as 无可奈何 wúkěnàihé争奈 zhēngnàiReferenced by 奈 nàiSynonym 无奈何 wúnàihé无如 wúrú怎奈 zěnnàiHas abbreviation 莫可奈何 mòkěnàihé Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)