Usage of the character 奈
nài
奈
[奈]
- used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈／无奈 (wúnài) and 莫可奈何／莫可奈何 (mòkěnàihé) (literary)
- used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words
nàimǐ
奈米
[奈米]
- (Tw) nanometer
- nano- (prefix meaning "nanoscale")
Nàimàn
奈曼
[奈曼]
- Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼／通辽 ( Tōngliáo), Inner Mongolia
nàimiǎo
奈秒
[奈秒]
- nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Tw)
- PRC equivalent: 納秒／纳秒 (nàmiǎo)
Mònài
莫奈
[莫奈]
- Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter
Xīnài
西奈
[西奈]
- Sinai Peninsula
Kēnài
科奈
[科奈]
- Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska
nàipéi
奈培
[奈培]
- neper (unit of ratio, Np)
Nàiliáng
奈良
[奈良]
- Nara, an old capital of Japan
Qīnnài
钦奈
[欽奈]
- Chennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu 泰米爾納德邦／泰米尔纳德邦 ( Tàimǐ'ěr Nàdébāng)
- formerly called Madras 馬德拉斯／马德拉斯 ( Mǎdélāsī)
Jīnài
基奈
[基奈]
- Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)
nàihé
奈何
[奈何]
- to do something to sb
- to deal with
- to cope
- how?
- to no avail
Nàifēi
奈飞
[奈飛]
- Netflix, American entertainment company
shānnài
山奈
[山奈]
- (loanword) cyanide
- Kaempferia galanga (variant of 山柰 (shānnāi))
wúnài
无奈
[無奈]
- to have no alternative
- frustrated
- exasperated
- helpless
- (conjunction) but unfortunately
línnài
林奈
[林奈]
- Carl Linnaeus
- Carl Linné
Shénnàichuān
神奈川
[神奈川]
- Kanagawa, Japan
Nàiliángxiàn
奈良县
[奈良縣]
- Nara prefecture in central Japan
Nàimànqí
奈曼旗
[奈曼旗]
- Naiman banner or Naiman khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼／通辽 ( Tōngliáo), Inner Mongolia
mònàihé
没奈何
[沒奈何]
- to have no alternative; to be helpless
Xīnài Shān
西奈山
[西奈山]
- Mount Sinai
Nàiluòbǐ
奈洛比
[奈洛比]
- Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
shānnàijiǎ
山奈钾
[山奈鉀]
- potassium cyanide KCN
Kāngnài'ěr
康奈尔
[康奈爾]
- Cornell (US University)
Xiāngnài'ér
香奈儿
[香奈兒]
- Chanel (brand name)
mòkěnàihé
莫可奈何
[莫可奈何]
- see 無可奈何／无可奈何 (wúkěnàihé)
wànbānwúnài
万般无奈
[萬般無奈]
- to have no way out
- to have no alternative
Xīnài Bàndǎo
西奈半岛
[西奈半島]
- Sinai Peninsula
Nàijílìyà
奈及利亚
[奈及利亞]
- Nigeria (Tw)
wúkěnàihé
无可奈何
[無可奈何]
- have no way out
- have no alternative
- abbr. to 無奈／无奈 (wúnài)
Nàiliáng Shídài
奈良时代
[奈良時代]
- Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history
Shénnàichuānxiàn
神奈川县
[神奈川縣]
- Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Lìnàizuò'àn
利奈唑胺
[利奈唑胺]
- Linezolid, a synthetic antibiotic
Kāngnài'ěr Dàxué
康奈尔大学
[康奈爾大學]
- Cornell University
Gélínnài'ěr Dàxué
格林奈尔大学
[格林奈爾大學]
- Grinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA)