乃

nǎi

HSK 3.0 Level 7

Definitions

1. to be
2. thus
3. so
4. therefore
5. then
6. only
7. thereupon

Words Containing 乃

• 康乃馨 kāng nǎi xīn: carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) (loanword)
• 纳塔乃耳 nà tǎ nǎi ěr: Nathaniel
• 安乃近 ān nǎi jìn: analgin (loanword)
• 乃东县 nǎi dōng xiàn: Nêdong county, Tibetan: Sne gdong rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet
• 西乃 xī nǎi: Sinai
• 乃尔 nǎi ěr: thus
• 吉木乃 jí mù nǎi: Jeminay county or Jéminey nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang
• 木乃伊化 mù nǎi yī huà: to mummify
• 乃东 nǎi dōng: Nêdong county, Tibetan: Sne gdong rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet
• 乃是 nǎi shì: equivalent to either 是[shì] or 就是[jiù shì]
• 乃堆拉山口 nǎi duī lā shān kǒu: Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
• 乃至 nǎi zhì: and even
• 道所存者，乃师所存者 dào suǒ cún zhě , nǎi shī suǒ cún zhě: If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[hán yù]).
• 西乃山 xī nǎi shān: Mount Sinai
• 百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī: (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[liú yǔ xī]) 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
• 木乃伊 mù nǎi yī: mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)
• 吉木乃县 jí mù nǎi xiàn: Jeminay county or Jéminey nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[ā lè tài dì qū], Xinjiang
• 乃堆拉 nǎi duī lā: Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)