无奈

Traditional form:

無奈

Pinyin (reading):

wúnài

Definitions:

• to have no alternative
• frustrated
• exasperated
• helpless
• (conjunction) but unfortunately

Characters:

• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 奈 - but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure

Traditional characters:

• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 奈 - but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure