没法儿

沒法兒
méifǎr
phrase HSK 4 #24,425

Meanings

  1. 1 can't do anything about it; no way; impossible
  2. 2 have no choice

Characters

No method/way — can't do anything about it.

Examples

Wǒ yě méi fǎr a, zhǐ néng děng zhe.
I can't do anything either, I can only wait.
Zhè jiàn shì méi fǎr jiějué.
There's no way to solve this.
Xià yǔ le, méi fǎr chūqù.
It's raining, there's no way to go out.

Tips

usage
没法儿 is colloquial (Beijing dialect with ). In standard Mandarin, you can also say 办法 (méi bànfǎ), which is more common nationwide.

Stroke Order

méi
ér