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无可奈何

无可奈何 (wú kě nài hé): Helpless / have no alternative — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

无可奈何 consists of 4 characters.

can, may; to approve, to permit

how; what; to bear; to endure

what, how, why, which

Word Info

Pinyinwú kě nài hé

Meaninghelpless / have no alternative

Characters4

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

Syntax—

Word无可奈何

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3.

How to Use 无可奈何 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 无可奈何 with other words naturally.

Adjective + Nounwith表情

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

de的

biǎo表

qíng情

neutral

helpless expression

Adverb + Verbwith接受

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

de地

jiē接

shòu受

Verb + Objectwith感到

gǎn感

dào到

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

Idiomwith花落去

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

huā花

luò落

qù去

4.

Example Sentences with 无可奈何

tā他

diū丢

le了

yào钥

shi匙

，

wú无

kě

neutral

accept helplessly

neutral

feel helpless

formal

Written

flowers fall, helplessly

可

nài奈

hé何

。

He lost his keys and could do nothing about it.

miàn面

duì对

gōng公

sī司

tū突

rú如

qí其

lái来

de的

cái裁

yuán员

jué决

dìng定

，

yuán员

gōng工

men们

dōu都

gǎn感

dào到

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

。

Faced with the company's sudden layoff decision, the employees all felt helpless.

nán难

dào道

nǐ你

duì对

zhè这

zhǒng种

bù不

gōng公

de的

xiàn现

xiàng象

jiù就

zhǐ只

shì是

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

ma吗

？

Are you really just helpless in the face of this injustice?

miàn面

duì对

hái孩

zi子

de的

kū哭

nào闹

，

mā妈

mā妈

gǎn感

dào到

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

。

Faced with the child's crying, the mother felt helpless.

tā他

bìng并

fēi非

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

，

ér而

shì是

xuǎn选

zé择

le了

zhǔ主

dòng动

xún寻

qiú求

jiě解

jué决

fāng方

àn案

。

He was not helpless; instead, he proactively sought solutions.

suī虽

rán然

tiān天

qì气

è恶

liè劣

dǎo导

zhì致

háng航

bān班

qǔ取

xiāo消

，

dàn但

lǚ旅

kè客

men们

yě也

zhǐ只

néng能

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

dì地

děng等

dài待

。

Although the bad weather caused the flight to be cancelled, the passengers could only wait helplessly.

jǐn尽

guǎn管

nǔ努

lì力

le了

，

dàn但

jié结

guǒ果

hái还

shì是

shī失

bài败

，

tā他

zhǐ只

néng能

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

dì地

jiē接

shòu受

。

Despite his efforts, the result was still failure, and he could only accept it helplessly.

kàn看

dào到

lǎo老

péng朋

yǒu友

gù固

zhí执

jǐ己

jiàn见

，

wǒ我

yáo摇

yáo摇

tóu头

，

gǎn感

dào到

yǒu有

xiē些

wú无

kě可

nài奈

hé何

。

Seeing my old friend being stubborn, I shook my head and felt somewhat helpless.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 无可奈何.

Words with 无

无法wú fǎHSK 4
无聊wú liáoHSK 4
无论wú lùnHSK 4
无关wú guānHSK 5
无奈wú nàiHSK 5
无效wú xiàoHSK 5
无数wú shùHSK 5
无限wú xiànHSK 5

Words with 可

可以kě yǐHSK 2
可能kě néngHSK 2
可爱kě àiHSK 3
可怜kě liánHSK 4
可惜kě xīHSK 4
可是kě shìHSK 4
可怕kě pàHSK 5
可见

Words with 奈

无奈wú nàiHSK 5

Words with 何

任何rèn héHSK 4
何况hé kuàngHSK 5
何必hé bìHSK 5
如何rú héHSK 5
为何wèi héHSK 6
何止hé zhǐHSK 7-9
何等hé děngHSK 7-9
何苦

kě jiàn

HSK 5

hé kǔ

HSK 7-9