乃 nǎi
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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)
Contained in
- 欸乃 sound of oars rowing
- 乃堆拉山口 Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
- 木乃伊 a mummy
- 胜乃不殆(勝乃不殆) victory will not be in doubt
- 灭国乃止(滅國乃止) only stopping when the state is destroyed
- 美乃滋 mayonnaise
- 安乃近 analgin
- 木乃伊化 to mummify
- 纳塔乃耳(納塔乃耳) Nathaniel
- 乃尔(乃爾) thus; like this
- 挨乃 the sound of rowing oars
- 乃是 nevertheless ; to be; exactly so
- 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
- 康乃馨 carnation or clove pink; Dianthus caryophyllus
- 乃至 and even
Also contained in
乃堆拉 、 乌古乃 、 吉木乃县 、 吉木乃 、 西乃山 、 乃东县 、 康乃狄克 、 乃东 、 西乃
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 129
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 110
- 卷97 島夷桓玄 海夷馮跋 島夷劉裕 Volume 97: Huan Xuan of the Daoyi People, Feng Ba of the Haiyi, Liu Yu of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 104
- 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 98
- 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 95
- 卷八十 列傳第七十 賊臣 Volume 80 Biographies 70: Treacherous Officials History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 94
- 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 86
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 83
- 卷九十三 列傳第八十一: 僭偽附庸 Volume 93 Biographies 81: Vassal States History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 82
- 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 81