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乃

廼
nǎi
HSK 7freq #5811

Meanings

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nǎi
  1. 1.variant of 乃[nǎi]
nǎi
  1. 1.to be
  2. 2.thus
  3. 3.so
  4. 4.therefore
  5. 5.then
  6. 6.only
  7. 7.thereupon

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.you, your
  2. 2.be
  3. 3.then; hence
  4. 4.only then; not ... until
  5. 5.but
  6. 6.surprisingly; unexpectedly
  7. 7.you (singular)
  8. 8.now
  9. 9.an interjection for response
  10. 10.why
  11. 11.what to do
  12. 12.how

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Etymology

Its original form is 𠄎 and its origin is uncertain. Various theories exists: * Chen Duxiu, Guo Moruo: Pictogram (象形) – sideway view of a person with protruding breasts. Original form of 奶 (OC *rneːlʔ) * Zhu Fangpu: Pictogram (象形) – a rope. Original form of 繩 (OC *ɦbljɯŋ) * Wang Yunzhi, Shihong: Pictogram (象形) – a rope in midair being thrown. Used as a component in 扔 (OC *njɯŋ, *njɯŋs). * Lin Yiguang: Ideogram (指事) – the shape of dragging or pulling. Unrelated to 廴. ; “you; your” ; "then; now"

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Stroke order

Components

乃㇎㇓

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Synonyms

汝爾而若伊子君卿你您閣下臺端您老人家你老人家你老你了你家恁恁老人家你老兒喬老人家您哪您兒爾仂爾儂你郎你仂恨曾

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Derived terms

乃今乃公乃則爾巴格乃则尔巴格乃可乃始乃心王室乃文乃武乃是乃武乃文乃父乃爾乃尔乃眷乃祖乃翁乃者乃至乃若乃蠻乃蛮告訴乃論告诉乃论康乃馨有容乃大木乃伊楊乃武杨乃武欸乃欸乃曲

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Related words

乃至 and even; to go so far as to西乃 Sinai乃尔 thus欸乃 (onom.) (literary) the creaking of a stern-mounted oar乃东 see 乃东区[Nǎi dōng Qū]乃是 equivalent to either 是[shì] or 就是[jiù shì]乃东区 Nedong, a district of Shannan City 山南市[Shān nán Shì], Tibet乃堆拉 Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)安乃近 analgin (loanword)木乃伊 (loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)美乃滋 mayonnaise (loanword) (Tw)西乃山 Mount Sinai