# 無奈何
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mò-nai-hò
    (Hailu, HRS): mo nai$^˖$ ho
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bô-tâ-ôa / bô-tā-ôa / bô-tâi-oa̍h / bô-ta-ôa / bô-tāi-ôa / bû-nāi-hô / bô-nāi-hô / bô-ta-bôa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bho$^5$ nai$^6$ ho$^5$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-nai-hò
*** Hakka Romanization System: mo$^ˇ$ nai ho$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mo$^2$ nai$^4$ ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ nai̯⁵⁵ ho¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mo nai$^˖$ ho
*** Sinological IPA: /mo⁵⁵ nai³³ ho⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-tâ-ôa
*** Tâi-lô: bô-tâ-uâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boi'da'oaa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² ta²⁴⁻²² ua²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-tā-ôa
*** Tâi-lô: bô-tā-uâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boi'daxoaa
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² ta⁴¹⁻²² ua²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ta³³⁻¹¹ ua²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ta³³⁻²¹ ua²³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-tâi-oa̍h
*** Tâi-lô: bô-tâi-ua̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boi'dai'oah
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² tai¹³⁻²² uaʔ¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-ta-ôa
*** Tâi-lô: bô-ta-uâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boi'da'oaa
*** IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ua²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ua²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-tāi-ôa
*** Tâi-lô: bô-tāi-uâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boi'daixoaa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ tai³³⁻²¹ ua²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tai³³⁻¹¹ ua²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-nāi-hô
*** Tâi-lô: bû-nāi-hô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bunaixhooi
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ nãi³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ nãi³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-nāi-hô
*** Tâi-lô: bô-nāi-hô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boinaixhooi
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ nãi³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ nãi³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-ta-bôa
*** Tâi-lô: bô-ta-buâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boi'da'boaa
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bho$^5$ nai$^6$ ho$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô năi hô
*** Sinological IPA : /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nai³⁵⁻¹¹ ho⁵⁵/

### Verb

無奈何
* (Hakka, Southern Min) to have no way out; to have no choice
** 2023, 詹雅云 (lyrics and music), “無聲的思念”, in 借酒膽‎, performed by 詹雅雯 and 詹雅云:
       bô-nāi-hô iân-hūn í chīn kiōng-kiōng lī-khui [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 沒辦法, 無可奈何, 沒奈何, 無可如何, 無計可施 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 沒法子, 沒法兒, 沒轍, 沒門兒, 沒治, 沒咒兒念 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 沒辦法 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 沒轍, 沒門兒, 沒場兒, 沒咒兒念 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 沒辦法 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 沒有辦法, 沒辦法 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 沒門兒, 沒咒兒念 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 冇辦法, 冇符, 冇計, 冇收 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 冇辦法, 冇計, 冇符, 冇收, 冇法子 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 冇符, 冇計, 冇法子 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 冇辦法 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 冇辦法 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 無辦法, 無結煞, 無法, 無變 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無結煞, 無結無煞, 無法度, 無辦法, 無奈何 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無結煞, 無結無煞, 無法度, 無辦法, 無奈何 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無結煞, 無結無煞, 無法度, 無辦法, 無奈何 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無結煞, 無結無煞, 無法度, 無辦法, 無奈何 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無結煞, 無結無煞, 無法度, 無辦法, 無奈何 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 無結煞, 無結無煞, 無法度, 無奈何 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 無結煞, 無法度, 無辦法, 無奈何 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 無能耐 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 無法度, 無法, 無法無度, 無辦法, 無變步, 無變, 無步, 無路, 無奈何 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 無法度, 無法, 無變步, 無變, 無步, 無路, 無奈何 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 無法度, 無法, 無法無度, 無變, 無步, 無路, 無奈何, 無奈得何 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 無變 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 無變 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 無法度 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 無法度 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 無法度 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 無法度 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 無法度 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 無法度, 無步, 無路, 無奈何, 無奈得何 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 無法度 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 無法度 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 無法度, 無奈何 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 無法度, 無辦法, 無變 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 無變, 無法度, 無法, 無辦法 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 無法, 無辦法, 無法度, 無變, 無路, 無奈何 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 無變 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 無辦法, 無計, 無變 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 無變, 無步 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 無變, 無辦法, 無能為 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 無變 |