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

HSK 1
Xiàyǔ le, méifǎr chūqù.
It's raining, there's no way to go out.
HSK 2
Wǒ yě méifǎr a, zhǐnéng děng zhe.
I can't do anything either, I can only wait.
HSK 3
Zhè jiàn shì méifǎr jiějué.
There's no way to solve this.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

méi
ér