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乃
nǎi
1. to be
2. thus
3. so
4. therefore
5. then
6. only
7. thereupon
Common • Top 10% ✏️ 2 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

乃
nǎi
then; really, indeed, after all
2 丶

Compound Words (19)

乃尔
nǎiěr
thus
乃至
nǎizhì
and even
乃是
nǎishì
equivalent to either [[是<shì>]] or [[就是<jiùshì>]]
乃东
Nǎidōng
Nêdong county, Tibetan: Sne gdong rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet
西乃
Xīnǎi
Sinai
乃堆拉
Nǎiduīlā
Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
乃东县
Nǎidōngxiàn
Nêdong county, Tibetan: Sne gdong rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet
吉木乃
Jímùnǎi
Jeminay county or Jéminey nahiyisi in Altay prefecture [[阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区<Ālètàidìqū>]], Xinjiang
安乃近
ānnǎijìn
analgin (loanword)
康乃馨
kāngnǎixīn
carnation or clove pink
木乃伊
mùnǎiyī
mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)
美乃滋
měinǎizī
mayonnaise (loanword) (Tw)
西乃山
XīnǎiShān
Mount Sinai
木乃伊化
mùnǎiyīhuà
to mummify
吉木乃县
Jímùnǎixiàn
Jeminay county or Jéminey nahiyisi in Altay prefecture [[阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区<Ālètàidìqū>]], Xinjiang
纳塔乃耳
Nàtǎnǎiěr
Nathaniel
康乃狄克
Kāngnǎidíkè
Connecticut, US state (Tw)
乃堆拉山口
Nǎiduīlāshānkǒu
Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
道所存者，乃师所存者
dàosuǒcúnzhě,nǎishīsuǒcúnzhě
If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu [[韓愈|韩愈]]).

Alternate Entries

乃
nǎi
variant of [[乃<nǎi>]]
乃
nǎi
variant of [[乃<nǎi>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,164
Word Frequency Rank
8,027 of 84,292