nǎi
乃 (nǎi) is a Chinese word meaning “to be; thus; so”.
Meanings
- 1to be
- 2thus
- 3so
- 4therefore
- 5then
- 6only
- 7thereupon
- Part of speech
- adverb
Related words
木乃伊(loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)乃variant of 乃[nai3]乃是equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]康乃馨carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) (loanword)乃至and even; to go so far as to安乃近analgin (loanword)美乃滋mayonnaise (loanword) (Tw)西乃山Mount Sinai乃尔thus木乃伊化to mummify欸乃(onom.) (literary) the creaking of a stern-mounted oar百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor