争奈 zhēngnài unfortunately Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 争 爭 zhēng how (literary) how; why; used similarly to 怎 zěn奈 nài but (literary) but; however; unfortunately (expressing an unexpected turn or obstacle, often as 无奈 wúnài or 怎奈 zěnnài)