怎奈

Traditional form:

怎奈

Pinyin (reading):

zěnnài

Definitions:

• (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however

Characters:

• 怎 - what? why? how?
• 奈 - but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure

Traditional characters:

• 怎 - what? why? how?
• 奈 - but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure