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Stroke order
无奈 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.
- 无 — 4 strokes
- 奈 — 8 strokes
Senses
- to have no alternative
- frustrated
- exasperated
- helpless
- (conjunction) but unfortunately
Related words
无奈 is pronounced wúnài and means “không có lựa chọn nào khác”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 无奈 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.