Taxonomy of meanings for 奈:  

  • 奈 nuò (OC: naals MC: nɑ) 奴箇切 去 廣韻:【奈何奴箇切又奴帶切二 】
  • 奈 nài (OC: naads MC: nɑi) 奴帶切 去 廣韻:【如也遇也那也本亦作奈又致箇切 】
    • COPE
      • vt(oN)cope with the contextually determinate object 將奈何
      • vtoNcope with, deal with; be able to do something about

    Additional information about 奈

    說文解字:

      Criteria
    • COPE

      1. Shèng 勝 refers to the coping with an especially difficult task.

      2. Nài 奈 refers to the successful coping with a challenging task.

      3. Fàn 犯 can occasionally come to refer to the successful overcoming of resistance.