辦法

辦法

1. means; solution; way (of doing something)

   明智的辦法／明智的办法  ―  míngzhì de bànfǎ  ―  smart way

   我現在沒有辦法工作。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在没有办法工作。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài méiyǒu bànfǎ gōngzuò. [Pinyin]

   There's no way I can work now.

   她開始在想另一個辦法保護她女兒的安全。 [MSC, trad.]
   她开始在想另一个办法保护她女儿的安全。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā kāishǐ zài xiǎng lìng yī ge bànfǎ bǎohù tā nǚ'ér de ānquán. [Pinyin]

   She had begun thinking of another way to ensure her daughter's safety.

   很抱歉，沒有辦法了。 [MSC, trad.]
   很抱歉，没有办法了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hěn bàoqiàn, méiyǒu bànfǎ le. [Pinyin]

   I'm sorry it can't be helped.

   我們沒有辦法，對不起。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们没有办法，对不起。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen méiyǒu bànfǎ, duìbùqǐ. [Pinyin]

   We don't have a solution, sorry.

In Min Nan, this term tends to be used more often in a positive sense. Whereas in Mandarin, one says 沒辦法／没办法 (méi bànfǎ, “there is no way”), in Min Nan, one would usually say 無法度／无法度 (bô-hoat-tō͘).

• → Bouyei: banqfaf
• → Zhuang: banhfap

辦法

1. chữ Hán form of biện pháp (“method”).