used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary) / used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words

= + : Napoleon (n) wants to put his guideon (示) on the peak of Mount Sinai (奈) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4), but the robot (大) normally responsible for carrying his guideon is broken. Without any better option (奈) Napoleon will have to carry up the guideon himself.

奈 character breakdown

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
to show / to reveal

= + : A standard or guidon, as used in the military. Sherlock Holmes tries out his new guidon in the space station's bathroom. The standard features a capacitor and a daisy.
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

= + : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 奈 as component

naphthalene C10H8
to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4])
neptunium (chemistry) (Tw)
you (dialect)

Words with 奈

Cornell (US University)
to do something to sb / to deal with / to cope / how? / to no avail
Nara, an old capital of Japan
Carl Linnaeus / Carl Linné
Nairobi, capital of Kenya (Tw)
Grinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA)
Netflix, American entertainment company
Thai ginger / lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga) / cyanide (loanword) / same as 氰化
potassium cyanide KCN / same as 氰化鉀|氰化钾

Sentences with 奈