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Chinese
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how can one help
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carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which
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trad. (奈何)
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奈
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何
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simp. #(奈何)
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奈
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何
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alternative forms
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柰何
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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奈
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奈
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何
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/2
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Initial (聲)
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泥 (8)
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泥 (8)
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匣 (33)
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Final (韻)
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泰 (25)
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歌 (94)
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歌 (94)
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Tone (調)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Level (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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I
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I
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I
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Fanqie
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奴帶切
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奴箇切
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胡歌切
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Baxter
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najH
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naH
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ha
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/nɑiH/
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/nɑH/
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/ɦɑ/
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Pan Wuyun
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/nɑiH/
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/nɑH/
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/ɦɑ/
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Shao Rongfen
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/nɑiH/
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/nɑH/
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/ɣɑ/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/najH/
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/naH/
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/ɦa/
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Li Rong
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/nɑiH/
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/nɑH/
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/ɣɑ/
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Wang Li
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/nɑiH/
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/nɑH/
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/ɣɑ/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/nɑiH/
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/nɑH/
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/ɣɑ/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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nài
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nuò
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hé
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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naai6
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no6
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ho4
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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奈
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何
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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nài
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hé
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Middle Chinese
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‹ najH ›
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‹ ha ›
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Old Chinese
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/*nˁa-s/
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/*ˁaj/
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English
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cope with
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what
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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奈
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奈
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何
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/2
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No.
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9349
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9350
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7458
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Phonetic component
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奈
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奈
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可
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Rime group
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歌
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祭
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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奈
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柰
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何
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Old Chinese
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/*naːls/
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/*naːds/
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/*ɡaːl/
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Adverb
奈何
- (literary) how; what
- (literary) what is to be done; what can be done
- (literary) to no avail
Verb
奈⫽何 (verb-object)
- (literary) to do something to somebody
- to deal with; to cope with
Noun
奈何
- (literary) way out
Derived terms
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 奈何 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 奈何, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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