Chinese Notes

乃 nǎi

nǎi adverb thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 于是 (CCD '乃' 2; FE '乃' 4)
nǎi verb to be
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 是 (CCD '乃' 1; FE '乃' 1)
nǎi pronoun you; yours
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used as a singular second person pronoun in preclassical Chinese (CCD '乃' 3; FE '乃' 5; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 77).
nǎi adverb also; moreover
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (FE '乃' 3)
nǎi conjunction however; but
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (FE '乃' 2)
nǎi conjunction if
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (FE '乃' 2)

木乃伊 a mummy
美乃滋 mayonnaise
纳塔乃耳(納塔乃耳) Nathaniel
乃尔(乃爾) thus; like this
乃堆拉山口 Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
安乃近 analgin
康乃馨 carnation or clove pink; Dianthus caryophyllus
欸乃 sound of oars rowing
胜乃不殆(勝乃不殆) victory will not be in doubt
木乃伊化 to mummify
挨乃 the sound of rowing oars
道所存者，乃师所存者(道所存者，乃師所存者) if somebody has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher
乃是 nevertheless ; to be; exactly so
乃至 and even
灭国乃止(滅國乃止) only stopping when the state is destroyed

Truncated for common words