基 奈

Jī nàidictionary entry

Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)

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Original source entry:

基奈基奈 [Ji1 nai4] /Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)/

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基
jī
(bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
奈
nài
used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wú nài] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mò kě nài hé] (literary) / used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words

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