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- <h1>Inability with "<span class="pinyinst">mei banfa</span>" "<span class="hanzist">没办法</span>"</h1>
- <p>If you are trying to express that something is impossible, you can use the phrase <span class="hanzi">没办法 </span>(<span class="pinyin">méi bànfǎ</span>). <span class="hanzi">没办法</span> (<span class="hanzi">méi bànfǎ</span>) essentially means "there is no way," and while it works just fine by itself, it can also come before verbs.</p>
- <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
- <p>One easy way to express inability is to place the phrase <span class="hanzi">没办法</span> (<span class="pinyin">méi bànfǎ</span>) before the verb.</p>
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- <p>Subj. + <span class="hanzist">没办法</span> + Verb + Obj.</p>
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- <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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- <li><span class="hanzi">今天 太 忙 了，中午 没 办法 出去 吃饭。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Jīntiān tài máng le, zhōngwǔ méi bànfǎ chūqù chīfàn.</span> <br/> It's too busy today. There's no way to go out for lunch.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">他 没 带 手机，没 办法 给 我 打电话。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Tā méi dài shǒujī, méi bànfǎ gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà.</span> <br/> He didn't bring his phone, so he has no way to give me a call.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">没有 水，我们 没 办法 洗 衣服。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin"> Méiyǒu shuǐ, wǒmen méi bànfǎ xǐ yīfu.</span> <br/> There's no water. There's no way for us to wash clothes.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">这里 太 吵 了，我 没 办法 工作。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Zhèlǐ tài chǎo le, wǒ méi bànfǎ gōngzuò.</span> <br/> It‘s too noisy here. I can't work.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">他 不 开门，所以 她 没 办法 进去。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Tā bù kāimén, suǒyǐ tā méi bànfǎ jìnqù.</span> <br/> He didn't open the door, so she has no way to enter.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">你 不 会 说 中文，没 办法 在 我们公司 工作。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin"> Nǐ bù huì shuō Zhōngwén, méi bànfǎ zài wǒmen gōngsī gōngzuò.</span> <br/> You can't speak Chinese, so there is no way for you to work for our company.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">事情 太 多 了，我 今天 没 办法 做完。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Shìqing tài duō le, wǒ jīntiān méi bànfǎ zuò wán.</span> <br/> There's too much to do. I have no way to finish today.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">老板 不 同意，我 没 办法 帮 你。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin">Lǎobǎn bù tóngyì , wǒ méi bànfǎ bāng nǐ.</span> <br/> The boss didn't agree, so I have no way to help you.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">这里 没有 wifi，我 没 办法 上网。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin"> Zhèlǐ méiyǒu wifi，wǒ méi bànfǎ shàngwǎng.</span> <br/> There is no wifi here, so I have no way of going online.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">他 很 笨，我 没 办法 跟 他 一起 工作。</span> <br/> <span class="pinyin"> Tā hěn bèn, wǒ méi bànfǎ gēn tā yīqǐ gōngzuò.</span> <br/> He's really dumb. There is no way I can work with him.</li>
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- <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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- <li><a href="Negation_of_"you"" title="wikilink">Negation of "you"</a></li>
- <li><a href="Expressing_ability_or_possibility" title="wikilink">Expressing ability or possibility</a></li>
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- <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
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- <li>Exemplification of Common Sentence Patterns in Spoken Chinese <span class="hanzi">汉语口语常用句式例解</span> (p. 159)</li>
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