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奈

nài

but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure

💡 Ideographic: A man 大 with spirit 示
HSK 5 8 strokes Common (16%)
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Component Breakdown

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大
dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
示
shì
altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate
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Component Tree i

dà
大
big, great, vast, high, deep
💡 Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms
3 strokes HSK 1
shì
示
altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate
📷 Pictographic: An altar
5 strokes HSK 4

Words Using 奈 (29)

wúnài
无奈 ↗
HSK 5
helpless / without choice / for lack of better option / grudgingly / willy-nilly / nolens volens / abbr. for [[無可奈何|无可奈何<wúkěnàihé>]]
nài
奈 ↗
how can one help
nàihé
奈何 ↗
to do something to sb / to deal with / to cope / how? / to no avail
Nàiliáng
奈良 ↗
Nara, an old capital of Japan
Nàiluòbǐ
奈洛比 ↗
Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
Nàimànqí
奈曼旗 ↗
Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao [[通遼|通辽<Tōngliáo>]], Inner Mongolia
nàimiǎo
奈秒 ↗
nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Taiwan) / PRC equivalent: [[納秒|纳秒<nàmiǎo>]]
nàimǐ
奈米 ↗
(Taiwan) nanometer / nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale")
Nàimàn
奈曼 ↗
Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao [[通遼|通辽<Tōngliáo>]], Inner Mongolia
NàiliángShídài
奈良时代 ↗
Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history
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