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奈
nài
1. how can one help
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

奈
nài
but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

奈何
nàihé
to do something to sb
奈曼
Nàimàn
Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao [[通遼|通辽<Tōngliáo>]], Inner Mongolia
奈秒
nàimiǎo
nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Taiwan)
奈米
nàimǐ
(Taiwan) nanometer
奈良
Nàiliáng
Nara, an old capital of Japan
山奈
shānnài
Thai ginger
林奈
línnài
Carl Linnaeus
钦奈
Qīnnài
Chennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu [[泰米爾納德邦|泰米尔纳德邦<TàimǐěrNàdébāng>]]
无奈
wúnài
helpless
HSK 5
莫奈
Mònài
Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
西奈
Xīnài
Sinai Peninsula
奈曼旗
Nàimànqí
Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao [[通遼|通辽<Tōngliáo>]], Inner Mongolia
奈洛比
Nàiluòbǐ
Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
奈良县
Nàiliángxiàn
Nara prefecture in central Japan
山奈钾
shānnàijiǎ
potassium cyanide KCN
康奈尔
Kāngnàiěr
Cornell (US University)
没奈何
mònàihé
to have no alternative
神奈川
Shénnàichuān
Kanagawa, Japan
西奈山
XīnàiShān
Mount Sinai
香奈儿
Xiāngnàiér
Chanel (brand name)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,623
Word Frequency Rank
1,745 of 84,292

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