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奈

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can't help but

HSK 5 N1

Communication →Language

nài

ナ、ナイ、ダイ

いかん、からなし

내, 나

A man 大 with spirit 示

Components

大 big+ 示 show =

奈 can't help but

大 Meaning component

dà big

big, great, vast, large, high

示 Meaning component

shì show

show, manifest

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

奈

Regular

Modern

Chinese

奈 [nài]

how can one help

Japanese

唐梨、奈、柰からなし同音

noun usually kana Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

奈だい

Dai surname

奈な

Na female given namesurname

奈なな

Nana female given name

CHINESE WORDS (50)

无奈 [wúnài] #15,152

无奈 [wúnài] #15,152

无可奈何 [wúkěnàihé] #26,868

have no way out

无可奈何 [wúkěnàihé] #26,868

have no way out

奈何 [nàihé] #23,341

to do something to sb

康奈尔 [Kāngnài'ěr] #17,037

Cornell (US University)

康奈尔 [Kāngnài'ěr] #17,037

Cornell (US University)

西奈 [Xīnài] #28,309

Sinai Peninsula

奈良 [Nàiliáng] #33,445

Nara, an old capital of Japan

莫奈 [Mònài] #33,692

Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter

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JAPANESE WORDS (55)

奈落 [ならく] #17,244

⭐ 如何 [どう] #17,736

⭐ 奈良 [なら] #21,363

Nara (city, prefecture)

神奈川県 [かながわけん] #23,939

Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)

神奈川 [かながわ] #28,912

Kanagawa (prefecture)

奈落の底 [ならくのそこ] #31,208

奈良県 [ならけん] #52,777

Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)

奈良時代 [ならじだい] #67,502

Nara period (710-794 CE)

奈良朝 [ならちょう] #76,953

Nara period (710-794)

⭐ 左様なら [さようなら] #95,849

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