乃 meaning in English

nǎi

to be; thus

HSK 7-9adverb2 strokes

Meaning of 乃

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

nǎi
  1. to be
  2. thus
  3. so
  4. therefore
  5. then
  6. only
  7. thereupon
nǎi
  1. variant of 乃[nai3]

乃 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

木mù乃nǎi伊yī在zài行háng走zǒu。
The mummy is walking.
木mù乃nǎi伊yī哭kū了le。
Mummy cried.
是shì木mù乃nǎi伊yī!
It's a mummy!
他tā看kàn起qǐ来lái像xiàng一yī具jù木mù乃nǎi伊yī。
He looked like a mummy.
道dào德dé上shàng的de恶è乃nǎi是shì无wú知zhī的de后hòu果guǒ。
Moral evil is the result of ignorance.

Stroke order for each character

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乃 nǎi · to be · 2 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2

Related words

Words that share a character with 乃.

乃至nǎizhìand even; to go so far as to
木乃伊mùnǎiyī(loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)
乃是nǎishìequivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]

Questions about 乃

What does 乃 mean?

乃 (nǎi) means "to be; thus" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 乃?

乃 is made of 1 character: 乃 (2 strokes). That is 2 strokes in total.

Is 乃 an HSK word?

Yes. 乃 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.