奈何

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - 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
  - Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ ho⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nɔːy̯²² hɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nai-hò
  - Hakka Romanization System: nai hoˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nai⁴ ho²
  - IPA: /nai̯⁵⁵ ho¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-hô͘
  - Tâi-lô: nāi-hôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naixhoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nãɪ⁴¹⁻²² hɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-hô
  - Tâi-lô: nāi-hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naixhooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nãɪ²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nãɪ³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nãɪ²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nãɪ³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tā-ôa
  - Tâi-lô: tā-uâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ta²²⁻²¹ ua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ta⁴¹⁻²² ua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta³³⁻²¹ ua²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ta³³⁻¹¹ ua²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta-ôa
  - Tâi-lô: ta-uâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: da'oaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ua²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ua²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ôa
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-uâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixoaa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ua¹³/

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)