MEANING/意义
    乃
      
  • nǎi
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    so; to be; therefore; then (afterwards) ; (lit.)  (be)  really; (only after...)  then; (lit.)  your (usually used as written language ) 
    Type adverb/副词; conjunction/连词; pronoun/代词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 今乃知之。
      
      
    jīn nǎi zhī zhī .
      
    sound for pinyin
    I didn't know it until now.

  • 朕乃天子。
      
      
    zhèn nǎi tiān zǐ
      
    sound for pinyin
    the emperor; am the son of Heaven.; I (used arrogantly or jocularly) 
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 乃至
      
    nǎi zhì
      
    sound for pinyin
    even; down to; and even; go so far as to

  • 乃父
      
    nǎi fù
      
    sound for pinyin
    (ancient Chinese)  your father

  • 乃是
      
    nǎi shì
      
    sound for pinyin
    (lit.)  be

  • 欸乃
      
    ái nǎi
      
    sound for pinyin
    sound of a boat song; (lit.)  creak (sound of a rowing oar) 

  • 康乃馨
      
    kāng nǎi xīn
      
    sound for pinyin
    carnation

  • 美乃滋
      
    méi nǎi zī
      
    sound for pinyin
    (transliteration)  mayonnaise

  • 木乃伊
      
    mù nǎi yī
      
    sound for pinyin
    mummy (preserved corpse) 

  • 有容乃大
      
    yǒu róng nǎi dà
      
    sound for pinyin
    tolerance is a virtue
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