I got an invitation to a party tonight that I know would be a lot of fun but I have to be in my best form for tomorrow's meeting so I had to turn it down.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
奈何
to do something to sb
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to do something to sb
02
to deal with
03
to cope
04
how?
05
to no avail
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 奈何 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 奈何 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 奈何.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 奈何.
Directly before
- 怎地奈何1
Directly after
- 奈何明日1
- 奈何我1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 奈何
What does 奈何 mean in Chinese?
奈何 (nàihé) means to do something to sb.
How do you pronounce 奈何?
奈何 is pronounced nàihé.
Is 奈何 an HSK word?
奈何 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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