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奈何

奈何

Chinese

		how can one help	carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which
simp. and trad. (奈何)		奈	何

Adverb

奈何

(literary) how
(literary) to no avail

Verb

奈何

(literary) to do something to somebody
(literary) to deal with; to cope with

Noun

奈何

(literary) way out

Derived terms

沒奈何／没奈何 (mònàihé)

無可奈何／无可奈何 (wúkěnàihé)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nàihé

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˋ ㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ ho⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nai-hò
Min Nan (POJ): nāi-hô / tā-ôa / nāi-hô / ta-ôa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nàihé
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˋ ㄏㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nayher
  - IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: noi⁶ ho⁴
  - Yale: noih hòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ ho⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² hɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nai-hò
  - Hakka Romanization System: nai hoˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nai⁴ ho²
  - IPA: /na̯i⁵⁵ ho¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-hô / tā-ôa / nāi-hô / ta-ôa
  - Tâi-lô: nāi-hô / tā-uâ / nāi-hô / ta-uâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naixhooi, daxoaa, naixhooi, daoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /naɪ²²⁻²¹ hɤ²⁴/, /ta²²⁻²¹ ua²⁴/, /naɪ²²⁻²¹ hɤ²⁴/, /ta⁴⁴⁻²² ua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /naɪ⁴¹⁻²² hɤ²⁴/, /ta⁴¹⁻²² ua²⁴/, /naɪ⁴¹⁻²² hɤ²⁴/, /ta³³ ua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /naɪ²²⁻²¹ hɤ¹³/, /ta²²⁻²¹ ua¹³/, /naɪ²²⁻²¹ hɤ¹³/, /ta⁴⁴⁻²² ua¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /naɪ³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/, /ta³³⁻¹¹ ua²⁴/, /naɪ³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/, /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /naɪ³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/, /ta³³⁻²¹ ua²³/, /naɪ³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/, /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ua²³/