无奈 wúnài in a sentence
To have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately†
无奈 (wúnài) means To have no alternative, frustrated, exasperated †. Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 无奈 地摇了摇头。
Tā wúnài de yáo le yáo tóu.
He shook his head helplessly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 无奈
没有办法，我们只好 无奈 接受。
Méiyǒu bànfǎ, wǒmen zhǐhǎo wúnài jiēshòu.
There was no choice, so we simply had to accept it.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 无奈
他的话里流露出一丝 无奈 。
Tā de huà lǐ liúlù chū yì sī wúnài.
A trace of helplessness showed in his words.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 流露
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How is 无奈 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 无奈 (wúnài, "To have no alternative, frustrated, exasperated, helpless †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
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Is 无奈 an HSK word?
Yes — 无奈 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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